fish

Origin & mnemonic

The fish radical (⿂) is a pictograph depicting a fish in side view, showing the head, body, and fins clearly. It originates from pictographic forms in ancient oracle-bone script.

Mnemonic: See the fish shape: head at top, body and fins in middle, tail at bottom—imagine a living fish swimming through water.

• 鱼yú🔊

  fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 鱽dāo🔊

  Coilia ectenes

  10 strokes

• 𫚒fú🔊

  used in 魴鮄|鲂𫚒[fang2 fu2]

  10 strokes

• 鱾jǐ🔊

  (bound form) fish of genus Girella

  11 strokes

• 𫚉hóng🔊

  (bound form) ray (esp. stingray)

  11 strokes

• 𬶂tǔ🔊

  used in 𩵚魠魚|𬶂𱇏鱼[tu3 tuo1 yu2]

  11 strokes

• 𱇏tuō🔊

  used in 土魠魚|土𱇏鱼[tu3 tuo1 yu2] and 𩵚魠魚|𬶂𱇏鱼[tu3 tuo1 yu2]

  11 strokes

• 鲁lǔ🔊

  (bound form) crass

  12 strokes

• 鱿yóu🔊

  (bound form) squid

  12 strokes

• 鲀tún🔊

  pufferfish (family Tetraodontidae)

  12 strokes

• 鲂fáng🔊

  bream

  12 strokes

• 鲃bā🔊

  used in 䰾魚|鲃鱼[ba1 yu2]

  12 strokes

• 鲍bào🔊

  abalone

  13 strokes

• 稣sū🔊

  archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

  13 strokes

• 鲄hé🔊

  (archaic) blowfish

  13 strokes

• 鲅bà🔊

  (bound form) Spanish mackerel

  13 strokes

• 鲆píng🔊

  family of flatfish

  13 strokes

• 鲇nián🔊

  sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus)

  13 strokes

• 鲈lú🔊

  common perch

  13 strokes

• 鲉yóu🔊

  scorpionfish

  13 strokes

• 鲊zhǎ🔊

  salted fish

  13 strokes

• 鲋fù🔊

  silver carp

  13 strokes

• 鲌bó🔊

  culter, a generic term for cyprinid fish of genera Culter and Erythroculter

  13 strokes

• 鲎hòu🔊

  horseshoe crab

  13 strokes

• 鲏pí🔊

  used in 鰟鮍|鳑鲏[pang2 pi2]

  13 strokes

• 鲐tái🔊

  mackerel

  13 strokes

• 𬶋jū🔊

  gudgeon (Gobio gobio, a small freshwater fish, or any of various similar or related species)

  13 strokes

• 𬶍tuó🔊

  catfish

  13 strokes

• 鲜xiān🔊

  fresh

  HSK 4

  14 strokes

• 鲔wěi🔊

  little tuna

  14 strokes

• 鲑guī🔊

  trout

  14 strokes

• 鲒jié🔊

  oyster

  14 strokes

• 鲕ér🔊

  caviar

  14 strokes

• 鲖tóng🔊

  snakefish

  14 strokes

• 鲗zéi🔊

  cuttlefish

  14 strokes

• 鲘hòu🔊

  see 鱯|鳠[hu4]

  14 strokes

• 鲙kuài🔊

  used in 鱠魚|鲙鱼[kuai4 yu2]

  14 strokes

• 鲚jì🔊

  Coilia nasus

  14 strokes

• 鲛jiāo🔊

  (bound form) shark

  14 strokes

• 鲝zhǎ🔊

  variant of 鮓|鲊[zha3]

  14 strokes

• 鲞xiǎng🔊

  dried fish

  14 strokes

• 鲟xún🔊

  sturgeon

  14 strokes

• 𩽾ān🔊

  used in 鮟鱇|𩽾𩾌[an1 kang1]

  14 strokes

• 𫚕shī🔊

  yellowtail (Seriola qinqueradiata)

  14 strokes

• 𫚖jì🔊

  (fish)

  14 strokes

• 𬶏wéi🔊

  a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon

  14 strokes

• 𬶐zhào🔊

  fish of family Sisoridae (Asiatic catfishes)

  14 strokes

• 𱇩jiǎo🔊

  culter (cyprinid fish of genus Culter or Erythroculter); (esp.) Culter alburnus

  14 strokes