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— “fish”

How to write and say the Chinese character (yú), which means fish — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Animals.

Pinyin · 拼音
Meaning · 意思 fish
Strokes · 笔画 8
Radical · 部首 (fish)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

鱼 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A whole fish: ⺈ is the head, 田 the body, 一 the tail.

A common word常用词

jīn

goldfish

Example sentence例句

xiǎomāoàichī

Kittens love to eat fish.

This page is part of the free Chinese character explorer from Casey Foundation Chinese School — a Saturday community Chinese school in Narre Warren, Victoria, serving Berwick, Cranbourne, Hallam and families across Melbourne's southeast. New students get a free trial lesson.