鯨魚 (jīngyú) — a whale

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞

鯨魚 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)

鯨魚＝鯨＋魚

ㄐㄧㄥㄩˊ · jīngyú

noun — a whale

字源 FORM — what the parts do

鯨a whale (鯨豚)jīng魚 the fish-radical; 京 jīng gives the sound

魚a fish (魚類)yú

鯨魚，鯨豚的鯨，魚類的魚。

那麼大一條，左邊還按著一個魚（魚）——靠這個偏旁認牠。

So vast a creature, with a 魚 (fish) pinned to its left side — that radical is how you place it.

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