fish

Pictograph of a fish.

Evolution

魚 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
魚 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
魚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
魚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
魚 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

fish; surname; KangXi radical 195; CL:|[tiáo],[wěi]

() 

surname Yu

Most common words with 魚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

fish

双鱼座

Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

鲨鱼

shark

钓鱼

to dupe

鳄鱼

alligator

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r.ŋ]a

ngjo

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。”


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