entries → 鯨魚
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
鯨魚 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
鯨魚 =
ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊ · jīngyú
noun — a whale

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a whale (鯨豚)jīng魚 the fish-radical; 京 jīng gives the sound
a fish (魚類)
鯨魚,鯨豚的鯨,魚類的魚。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

那麼大一條,左邊還按著一個 )——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.