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fish 魚
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Used in these Kanji:
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鱼
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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fish
yú Simplified from 魚
Image of a fish with mouth ⺈, body 田 tail fin 灬 swimming upwards.
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魚
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鲜
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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fresh, delicious, seldom, rare
xiān, xiǎn Left: fish 鱼 (=魚 with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Both) fish and and sheep shall be fresh. (But formerly this was seldom.)
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魚
羊
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衡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to weigh, weight, measure
héng Outside: go 行, center: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the fish: the big one, on the scales to weigh.
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行
魚
大
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渔
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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fishing, to fish, fisherman
yú Left: water 氵, right: fish 鱼/魚 (.. with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬)
Water with fish stands for fishing.
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氵
魚
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鲁
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stupid, clumsy, rude, crass
lǔ Top: fish 鱼/魚 (.. with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), bottom: sun 日
Putting the fish in the sun is stupid and clumsy.
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魚
日
鲁
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鳞
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scales (of fish)
lín Left: Fisch 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: 粦 (rice 米, oppose 舛 [= two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞])
At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet 舛 (= fins/flipper) which are the scales.
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魚
米
舛
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鳍
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fin
qí Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: person above 60 years 耆 (老 [Old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)[old man 耂 & order, purpose 旨]
At the fish they give like an old man 耂 (with the fingers 指), the orders 旨: the fins.
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魚
耂
旨
老
日
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鲍
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abalone
bào Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Like a fish that is enwrapped (is this shell): The abalone.
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魚
包
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稣
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to revive, to rise again
sū Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: rice plant 禾
Fisch with rice plants is (enough for) for my revival.
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魚
禾
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噜
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JLPT no HSK |
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grumble, chatter
lū Left: mouth 口, right: stupid and clumsy 鲁 (Putting the fish 鱼/魚 in the sun 日 is stupid and clumsy.)
The sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of sb. clumpy is: a grumble.
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口
鲁
魚
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鲤
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carp
lǐ Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
(Next to the village were carp ponds to easily get food in winter) The fish near the village is the: carp.
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魚
里
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鳌
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mythological sea turtle
áo Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: fish 鱼/魚
The rambling fish is this sea turtle.
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敖
攴
魚
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鲸
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whale
jīng Left: Fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
(because of its oil) The fish for the stone lanterns is: the whale.
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魚
京
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鲨
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shark
shā Top: sand, gravel 沙 (in [unclear] water 氵is always a little 少 sand), bottom: fish 鱼/魚
In the sandy water is this fish: the shark.
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氵
少
魚
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鳄
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crocodile, alligator
è Left: fish 鱼/魚 (= with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂)
The fish with the big jaw is: the alligator.
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魚
咢
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鳃
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gills of fish
sāi Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: to think 思 (... with your brain 田 and your heart 心)
The fish thinks with the gills?
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魚
思
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撸
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to reprimand, to fire (an employee), to rub
lū Left: hand 扌, right: stupid, clumsy 鲁 (Putting the fish 鱼/魚 in the sun 日 is stupid and clumsy.)
The hand that is stupid is reprimanded.
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扌
鲁
魚
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鳖
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freshwater soft-shelled turtle
biē Top: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬)
This shabby "fish" is a: turtle.
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敝
魚
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