鮹 = 魚 + 肖

鮹 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “an octopus”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 肖 (look like).

Keyword: an octopus
Pinyin (Mandarin): shāo
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: an octopus, devilfish, осьминог, рыба-дьявол, devilfish

Decomposition

ids

魚 fish
肖 look like

How to find 鮹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “look like”. 鮹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鮹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.