(yú) - fish in Mandarin
yúTraditional: 魚
Translation
fish
Word origin
鱼 (yú) 'fish' is a pictograph. The traditional 魚 grew from an ancient drawing of a fish, with the head, body and tail still discernible, and the four dots at the foot once represented the tail fin. The simplified 鱼 keeps the head and body but replaces those dots with a single horizontal stroke.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- stylised drawing of a fish (head, body, tail)
Stroke order
鱼
Examples
。
We are eating fish today.
河。
There are lots of fish in the river.
。
This fish is very big.
鱼 (yú) means fish.
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