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鱼 yú — “fish”
How to write and say the Chinese character 鱼 (yú), which means fish — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Animals.
Pinyin · 拼音 yú
Meaning · 意思 fish
Strokes · 笔画 8
Radical · 部首 鱼 (fish)
Hear it · 听发音
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
金鱼
goldfish
Example sentence例句
小猫爱吃鱼。
Kittens love to eat fish.
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