鱼

Traditional (Taiwan): 魚

yú ㄩˊ

    • fish
    • surname Yu

Classifiers (measure words)

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Other words read yú

In the same tone

All 51 words read yú

yu with other tones

  • 与 yǔ and
  • 欲 yù desire
  • 玉 yù jade
  • 御 yù imperial
  • 语 yǔ language
  • 雨 yǔ rain
  • 遇 yù encounter
  • 愈 yù more...
  • 誉 yù praise
  • 羽 yǔ feather
  • 域 yù field
  • 谕 yù order

All 136 words read yu in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 鱼

    部首 radical
    鱼
    笔画 strokes
    8
    结构 structure
    独体字
    Practise writing 鱼this character

    Trace 鱼, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

    Writing drills that include 鱼: HSK 2 vocabulary, part 2: writing drill 1 of 9, HSK 6 vocabulary, part 30: writing drill 2 of 4, HSK 7-9 vocabulary, part 59: writing drill 2 of 3 and 5 more.

    鱼 as a 部首

    鱼 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 115 under 鱼. Look a character up by the 鱼 radical

    Potential verbal descriptions

    Words with 鱼

    Starting with 鱼

    All 87 words starting with 鱼

    Ending with 鱼

    All 164 words ending with 鱼

    Containing 鱼

    • 钓鱼岛 diàoyúdǎo Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
    • 嘉鱼县 jiāyúxiàn Jiayu, a county in Xianning City 咸宁市 xiánníngshì, Hubei
    • 钓鱼台 diàoyútái Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China
    • 如鱼得水 rúyúdéshuǐ like a fish back in water
    • 大鱼大肉 dàyúdàròu lavish meal
    • 鲤鱼打挺 lǐyúdǎtǐng kip up
    • 沉鱼落雁 chényúluòyàn lit. fish sink, goose alights
    • 葬身鱼腹 zàngshēnyúfù fig. to drown
    • 双鱼座 shuāngyúzuò Pisces
    • 生鱼片 shēngyúpiàn sashimi
    • 稳坐钓鱼台 wěnzuòdiàoyútái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm
    • 养鱼池 yǎngyúchí fishpond

    All 52 words containing 鱼

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