魚U+9B5A11 STROKES
Entry·pron. yú
ㄩˊ
“Fish; aquatic animal; surname; a radical in Chinese characters; used in names of non-fish aquatic animals like octopus or crocodile or whale.”
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- 魚類ㄩˊ ㄌㄟˋfishes; aquatic vertebrates that live in water, breathe through gills, swim with fins, are cold-blooded, and mostly lay eggs.
- 釣魚ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊto fish with a line and hook; to angle; (fig.) to entrap; (Tw) to nod repeatedly while dozing
- 釣魚台ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄩˊ ㄊㄞˊDiaoyu Islands; a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, claimed by Taiwan, mainland China, and Japan.
- 鮭魚ㄍㄨㄟ ㄩˊsalmon; a large edible fish that migrates from the ocean to freshwater rivers to spawn.
- 鱷魚ㄜˋ ㄩˊa large predatory reptile with a long snout, powerful jaws, and a thick hide; lives in freshwater and ambushes prey.
- 魚池ㄩˊ ㄔˊfish pond; pond for raising fish; fish farm pond
- 魚肉ㄩˊ ㄖㄡˋfish and meat; fig. helpless victims; fig. people treated like meat to be butchered
- 鯨魚ㄐㄧㄥ ㄩˊwhale; a large marine mammal that breathes air, gives live birth, and is the largest living animal.
- 虱目魚ㄕ ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊA type of fish; a milkfish; a common farmed fish in brackish and freshwater aquaculture in Taiwan.
- 飛魚ㄈㄟ ㄩˊflying fish; a marine fish capable of gliding above the water surface
- 魷魚ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊsquid; a cephalopod mollusk with a soft body, tentacles, and an internal shell; used as food
- 鯊魚ㄕㄚ ㄩˊshark; a large predatory fish with cartilaginous skeleton and multiple rows of teeth.
- 鯉魚ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊcarp, a freshwater fish with whisker-like barbels, large scales, and a forked tail; (figurative) a letter or written message.
- 鰻魚ㄇㄢˊ ㄩˊeel; a long, slim, snake-like freshwater fish with smooth, mucus-rich skin; migrates to the sea to spawn.
- 魚塭ㄩˊ ㄨㄣcoastal fish pond; man-made pool dug near the shore for raising fish; common in Taiwan aquaculture.
- 魚群ㄩˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊa large school of fish; a dense aggregation of fish
- 烏魚子ㄨ ㄩˊ ㄗˇsalted and sun-dried mullet roe; a Taiwanese delicacy made from female mullet ovaries
- 烏魚ㄨ ㄩˊmullet; a fish of estuaries, farmed and caught wild; its cured roe is a Taiwanese delicacy
- 魚兒ㄩˊㄦfish; little fish
- 章魚ㄓㄤ ㄩˊoctopus; a marine animal with eight arms, an ink sac, and thick, edible flesh
- 金魚ㄐㄧㄣ ㄩˊgoldfish; ornamental freshwater fish with bright colors and rounded body; (archaic) ancient key shaped like a fish; (archaic) goldfish-shaped ornament worn by officials in Tang and Yuan dynasties.
- 鮑魚ㄅㄠˋ ㄩˊedible marine shellfish, abalone; (classical) salted fish
- 魚蝦ㄩˊ ㄒㄧㄚfish and shrimp; aquatic produce generally
- 魚苗ㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄠˊnewly hatched fish; young fry
- 美人魚ㄇㄟˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄩˊmythical sea creature with a human upper body and fish tail; dugong
- 鯉魚潭ㄌㄧˇ ㄩˊ ㄊㄢˊcommon place name in Taiwan; notably a scenic lake in Hualien and a reservoir in Puli, Nantou
- 生魚片ㄕㄥ ㄩˊ ㄆㄧㄢˋsashimi; thinly sliced raw fish, a Japanese dish
- 鮪魚ㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊtuna; a migratory fish with silvery sides, dark blue back, white belly, and crescent-shaped tail; eaten raw or canned.
- 吳郭魚ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄩˊtilapia; a common freshwater farmed fish in Taiwan, named after the two men who introduced it
- 鮮魚ㄒㄧㄢ ㄩˊfresh fish; live fish
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