Traditional significance of fish

1. (pictograph. Oracle Bone Inscriptions-shaped like a fish. Original meaning: aquatic vertebrate)

2. Cold-blooded vertebrates whose heads are completely aquatic and breathe in water, including round mouth, arborvitae and higher gill aquatic vertebrates [fish] with cartilage or hard bones.

Fish, water worms. Hieroglyphics. The fishtail is similar to dovetail joint. -"Shuo Wen"

Dolphin and Fish-Yi Zhongfu

Fish essence -"On Balance and Fingers"

There are five out of ten fish. -"Ili Special Sacrificial Ceremony"

The setting of fishing net. -"Poetry, Style and New Platform"

Fresh fish are called sacrifices. -"Book of Rites Quli"

Iced fish, rex sacrifices fish. -Lv Chunqiu

The white fish jumped into the boat. -"Historical Records Week"

3. Another example: the crown of fish (fish-brain-shaped pointed hat worn by female Taoist priests); Fish Scale Album (short for "Fish Scale Album"). A land book fabricated by the government for taxation); Rotten fish (small pieces like fish scales); Fish Pavilion (a vehicle decorated with fish skin, used by ladies); Fish (finely sliced fish), especially sashimi); Fish market (wholesale fish market); Ichthyosaur (looks like a dragon in appearance, but it is a fish in essence. Metaphor is superficial); Fish and rice (fish and rice); Fry (small fish slightly larger than fry); Both fish and fish are elegant. Because crows line up)

4. Some aquatic animals like fish [aquatic animals assemble a fish]

Fish and smoke gather and the stars shine. -"Preface to Selected Works of Wang Rong, March 3 Qushui Poems"

5. Another example is fish armor (shark skin armor); Fish whiskers (shark whiskers); Whales; Crocodiles; Turtle; Hell machete

6. A horse with white eyes

7. Names of acupoints in traditional Chinese medicine. Refers to the metacarpal bone (or metatarsal bone) behind the thumb (or toe) of the hand with obvious muscle bulge, which looks like the stomach of a fish.

Dayuan, an inch behind the fish, is also a fat man. -"Lingshu Jing"

8. tong yu symbol [tong yu symbol] was used as a symbol of credit in the Tang Dynasty. Such as: fish deed (fish symbol); Fish symbol (meaning the same as fish contract)

9. Fish-shaped ancient wooden letters [wooden fish boxes]. Such as: fish element (letter); Fish book (letter); Fish sink and goose sink (figuratively speaking, the news is broken); Fish intestines (referring to letters); Yu Hong (referring to the emissary); Fish list (letter); Fish seal (letter)

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