鰻 = 魚 + 曼

鰻 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “eel”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 曼 (long).

Keyword: eel
Pinyin (Mandarin): mán
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: угорь
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鰻 eel

Decomposition

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魚 fish
曼 long

How to find 鰻 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鰻 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.