Chinese Character Wiki
鱼

yú

fish

Simplified form of 魚. Pictograph of a fish.

Evolution

鱼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鱼 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鱼 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

鱼 (魚) 

yú

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

鱼 (魚) 

Yú

surname Yu

Most common words with 鱼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鱼

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 5 characters (2 verified)

鲁 渔 稣 蓟 鲰

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

鲁 渔

Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 36.0884% of movies

810th most common character in movies

852nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Traditional

魚

Unicode

U+9C7C


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