鱼

contributes the sense of fish · Character component

contributes the sense of fish, and by extension sea creatures, fishing, and parts of fish

The oldest forms are a plain drawing of a fish standing on its tail: a pointed head at the top, a scaly body in the middle, and a splayed tail fin at the bottom. In the traditional form 魚 the four strokes underneath are that tail; the simplified 鱼 flattens them into a single horizontal line. The 田-shaped middle is the fish's body with its pattern of scales, and the small slanted strokes on top are the head and mouth. You can see the picture in most of the words it builds: 鲂 bream, 鲐 mackerel, 鳅 loach, 鳍 fin, 鳔 swim bladder.

鱼 at a glance

Meaning

contributes the sense of fish

Strokes

8

Characters

80

Role

Contributes meaning

Characters with 鱼 (78 of 80)

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