Meaning
fish
Chinese: 鱼。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “yu” becomes a different word in each tone. 鱼 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 钓鱼diào yúto fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing
- 鲨鱼shā yúshark
- 鳄鱼è yúalligator; crocodile (
- 人鱼rén yúmermaid; dugong; sea cow; manatee
- 鱼生yú shēngsliced raw fish
Example Sentence
河里有很多小鱼。Hé lǐ yǒu hěn duō xiǎo yú.There are many little fish in the river.
河Hériver (CL:条,道)里lǐinside有yǒuto have很hěnvery多duōmany小xiǎosmall鱼yúfish (CL:条,尾)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A pictograph of a fish — head at the top, body in the middle, tail at the bottom. Simplified from 魚.
A way to remember it
Head, body and tail stacked top to bottom — a fish.
Easy to confuse with
- 鲁‘Rash / Shandong’: 鱼 placed on top of 日.