魦 shark, batoidea, a skate, a ray 魚,少,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

サ　･　シャ　･　ショウ
SA　･　SHA　･　SHO　U

Kun-yomi

さめ　･　ちちぶ
sa　me　･　chi　chi　bu

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

魚

ギョ,うお,さかな,～ざかな aquatic animals (refers not necessarily solely to "fish" in the modern cladistic sense, and includes cetaceans); wet and slippery meat, fishy smell, to catch a sucker

　HEAD AND NECK with CLOSED ORIFICE and MANY EMISSIONS
…or: DANGER, LOOKING UP and FILLED MOUTH with MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HEAD SLIDING and ROLLING, GASPING in SLURRY, MUCK ORIFICE with MANY EMISSIONS
…or: HEAD SLIDING and GASPING in RICE PADDY with MANY EMISSIONS
　

少

ショウ,すく,すこ something that ought to be stopped or infrequently performed, seldom, lacking, insufficient, young, short distance, short time, few, small amount, little by little

　SMALL YOUNG MONS, STREAM of EMISSIONS with SLIDING HEAD
…or: HEAD SLIDING below MONS with EMISSION STREAM above
　

Meanings of elements

FISH, WET SLIPPERY MEAT with SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE STOPPED OR INFREQUENTLY PERFORMED, SHORT DISTANCE, SHORT TIME, FEW, SMALL AMOUNT, LITTLE BY LITTLE
…or: FISH, SLIPPERY MEAT and LACKING YOUNG, FEW YOUNG

Cartilaginous sea animals having no bones.「Fish like young」resembling human beings as slippery meat fetuses at birth, with mostly cartilaginous structure and not hard bone.「Fish lacking young」refers to the normal fish method of reproducing its offspring, and that these animals have far「fewer」offspring than most other fishes. SHARKS, SKATES and RAYS reproduce differently from most other fish:「…batoids undergo internal fertilisation. Internal fertilisation is advantageous to batoids as it conserves sperm, does not expose eggs to consumption by predators, and ensures that all the energy involved in reproduction is retained and not lost to the environment. All skates and some rays are oviparous (egg laying) while other rays are 'aplacental viviparous,' meaning that they give birth to young which develop in a womb but without involvement of a placenta. The eggs of oviparous skates are laid in leathery egg cases that are commonly known as mermaid's purses and which often wash up empty on beaches in areas where skates are common.」
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batoidea 2013-10-09　]　

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: shark family, including some rays and skates
Unihan extended: shark family, including some rays and skates
EDRDG: shark family; including some rays and skates

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