鲸

whale

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

鱼 (semantic, “fish”) + 京 (phonetic, jīng)

components: 鱼京

whale · Heisig RSH #1640

鱼 fish + 京 capital

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 京

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 京 (jīng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
京 sound component	jīng	capital city
惊	jīng	to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
就	jiù	just, simply; to go to; to approach, near
凉	liáng	cool, cold; disheartened
琼	qióng	jade; rare, precious; elegant
掠	lüè	to pillage, to ransack
椋	liáng	fruit
谅	liàng	to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume
晾	liàng	to air-dry; to sun-dry
黥	qíng	to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals
辌	liáng	carriage, hearse

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一角鲸	yī jiǎo jīng	narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
座头鲸	zuò tóu jīng	humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
杀人鲸	shā rén jīng	orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
鲸鱼座	Jīng yú zuò	Cetus (constellation)
独角鲸	dú jiǎo jīng	narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
白鲸	Bái jīng	Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville 赫曼·麥爾維爾\|赫曼·麦尔维尔[He4 man4 Mai4 er3 wei2 er3]
白鲸	bái jīng	beluga whale
鲸鱼	jīng yú	whale; CL:條\|条[tiao2]
鲸波	jīng bō	huge wave or breaker
鲸目	jīng mù	Cetacea (whale family)
鲸落	jīng luò	whale fall
虎鲸	hǔ jīng	orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
抹香鲸	mǒ xiāng jīng	sperm whale; cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus)
蓝鲸	lán jīng	blue whale
捕鲸船	bǔ jīng chuán	whaler; whaling vessel
蚕食鲸吞	cán shí jīng tūn	(lit.) to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom); (fig.) to seize (territo…
齿鲸	chǐ jīng	toothed whales; Odontoceti
驼背鲸	tuó bèi jīng	humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
鲸头鹳	jīng tóu guàn	shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex)
须鲸	xū jīng	baleen whale; Mysticeti