abalone

is composed of (fish) and (bag, wrap). is the picture of a fetus being wrapped inside the fetal membrane. The original meaning of is salted fish, people make salted fish by wrapping the fish with salt. A fetus wrapped inside the fetal membrane is in the shape of oval, so now means abalone, a marine gastropod having an oval-shaped shell.

Vocabulary of 鮑

  • 鮑魚 (abalone)

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