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鳃

sāi

Character Traditional 鰓

What 鳃 means

1. gills of fish

Words starting with 鳃

• 鳃弓sāi gōngvisceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)
• 鳃裂sāi liègill slit (in fish)

Words containing 鳃

• 瓣鳃纲bàn sāi gāngLamellibranchia; class of bivalves
• 羽鳃鲐yǔ sāi táiIndian mackerel
• 七鳃鳗qī sāi mánlamprey (jawless proto-fish of family Petromyzontidae)

Characters built on 思

These share the phonetic component 思 (sī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 崽zǎichild; young animal
• 腮sāicheek

Characters that look like 鳃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 鲸jīngwhale
• 鲷diāoporgy; pagrus major
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 獭tǎotter; Taiwan pr. tà
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 鳐yáoray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)

Sounds the same

Read sāi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腮cheek
• 塞to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
• 噻used in transliteration
• 嘥to waste (Cantonese)
• 揌to shake