Where does “鯰” come from?

鯰 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.

鯰 (Japanese): an Amur catfish

Definitions

  1. an Amur catfish

Ancestry of “鯰”, step by step

鯰 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 頭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
2Japaneseど-super-

via Japanese 滑

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese滑in mountaineering, the place where a little water...
Every word from Japanese ど- →Every word from Japanese 頭 →