Memory phrase for the character: 鲸


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Meaning

whale

Pronunciation

jīng

Explanation

Left: Fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)

Mnemonic


 
(because of its oil) The fish for the stone lanterns is: the whale.

Radicals

fish
capital




 Vocabulary

鲸鱼 jīng yú  whale
捕鲸 bǔ jīng  whaling
捕鲸船 bǔ jīng chuán  whaler; whale catcher
逆戟鲸 nì jǐ jīng  (zoo.) orca; killer whale
逆戟鲸 nì jǐ jīng  


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