fish
yú (yu2)
Radical no. 195 · 11 strokes (第 195 部首 · 11 画 dì 195 bùshǒu · 11 huà)
Radical ⿂ (yú) — meaning: fish, 11 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
The fish radical (⿂) is a pictograph depicting a fish in side view, showing the head, body, and fins clearly. It originates from pictographic forms in ancient oracle-bone script.
Mnemonic: See the fish shape: head at top, body and fins in middle, tail at bottom—imagine a living fish swimming through water.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
125 characters- 鳏guān
widower
18 strokes
- 鳐yáo
ray (cartilaginous fish, including skates)
18 strokes
- 鳑páng
used in 鰟鮍|鳑鲏[pang2 pi2]
18 strokes
- 鳒jiān
flounder
18 strokes
- 鯙chún
Scomberomorus sinensis
19 strokes
- 鳓lè
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
19 strokes
- 鳔biào
swim bladder
19 strokes
- 鳕xuě
codfish
19 strokes
- 鳖biē
softshell turtle
19 strokes
- 鳗mán
(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
19 strokes
- 鳘mǐn
cod
19 strokes
- 鳙yōng
see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]
19 strokes
- 鳚wèi
blenny
19 strokes
- 鳛xí
loach
19 strokes
- 𩾌kāng
used in 鮟鱇|𩽾𩾌[an1 kang1]
19 strokes
- 𫠒zhāng
octopus
19 strokes
- 𬶭jì
Konosirus punctatus
19 strokes
- 䲠chūn
see 鰆魚|䲠鱼[chun1 yu2]
20 strokes
- 鳜guì
mandarin fish
20 strokes
- 鳝shàn
variant of 鱔|鳝[shan4]
20 strokes
- 鳞lín
scales (of fish, snakes etc)
20 strokes
- 鳟zūn
trout
20 strokes
- 鳠hù
a species of freshwater catfish
21 strokes
- 鳡gǎn
yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)
21 strokes
- 鳢lǐ
snakefish
21 strokes
- 鳣zhān
sturgeon (old)
21 strokes
- 鳤guǎn
Ochetobius elongatus, species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia
22 strokes
- 𫚭liè
minnow
23 strokes
- 䲔jīng
old variant of 鯨|鲸[jing1]
24 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.