yú
fish
Pictograph of a fish.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 魚
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
fish | ||
Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac) | ||
shark | ||
to dupe | ||
alligator |
Component uses
Meaning component in 58 characters (2 verified)
鮮 鱻 鮑 鯨 鱗 鰭 鯉 鰲 鯊 鱷 鰓 鱉 鰻 鯽 鱸 鮭 鱔 魷 鱘 鮃 鱈 鰱 鯰 鮫 鱒 鰥 鯪 鯡 鯤 鱺 鱧 鰾 䰾 鱅 鯛 鮪 鰣 鯢 鯖 鯧 鱖 鰈 鰟 鯇 鯔 鯗 鯷 鱠 鰹 鱥 鯕 鮨 鱣 鱄 鰆 魠 鱀 鱆
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r.ŋ]a | ngjo | yú | fish (n.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 36.0884% of movies
810th most common character in movies
852nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9B5A |
Shuowen | “魚，水蟲也。象形。魚尾與燕尾相似。” |
Sources
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