• 850th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 226 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Yu2)surname Yu
2. (yu2)fish • CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu2)The component is pronounced as '' (yu2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

三文鱼 (三文魚)
捕鱼 (捕魚)
章鱼 (章魚)
金鱼 (金魚)
鱼丸 (魚丸)
鱼片 (魚片)
鱼头 (魚頭)
鱿鱼 (魷魚)
鲍鱼 (鮑魚)
鲤鱼 (鯉魚)
鲨鱼 (鯊魚)
鲸鱼 (鯨魚)
鲫鱼 (鯽魚)
鳄鱼 (鱷魚)

Uncommon

人鱼 (人魚)
墨鱼 (墨魚)
大鱼大肉 (大魚大肉)
如鱼得水 (如魚得水)
带鱼 (帶魚)
打鱼 (打魚)
摸鱼 (摸魚)
木鱼 (木魚)
桂鱼 (桂魚)
沉鱼落雁 (沉魚落雁)
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
炒鱿鱼 (炒魷魚)
热带鱼 (熱帶魚)
糖醋鱼 (糖醋魚)
美人鱼 (美人魚)
临渊羡鱼 (臨淵羨魚)
草鱼 (草魚)
金枪鱼 (金槍魚)
钓鱼 (釣魚)
钓鱼岛 (釣魚島)
钓鱼台 (釣魚臺)
青鱼 (青魚)
飞鱼 (飛魚)
鱼子 (魚子)
鱼子酱 (魚子醬)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)
鱼排 (魚排)
鱼死网破 (魚死網破)
鱼水 (魚水)
鱼池 (魚池)
鱼种 (魚種)
鱼竿 (魚竿)
鱼米之乡 (魚米之鄉)
鱼网 (魚網)
鱼缸 (魚缸)
鱼翅 (魚翅)
鱼肚 (魚肚)
鱼肚白 (魚肚白)
鱼肝油 (魚肝油)
鱼腩 (魚腩)
鱼钩 (魚鉤)
鱼雷 (魚雷)
鱼类 (魚類)
鱼饵 (魚餌)
鱼骨 (魚骨)
鱼鳞 (魚鱗)
鱼龙 (魚龍)
鲅鱼 (鮁魚)
鲑鱼 (鮭魚)
鲭鱼 (鯖魚)
鲳鱼 (鯧魚)
鲮鱼 (鯪魚)
鲶鱼 (鯰魚)
鳗鱼 (鰻魚)
鳕鱼 (鱈魚)
鳟鱼 (鱒魚)
鳝鱼 (鱔魚)
鳜鱼 (鱖魚)
鲈鱼 (鱸魚)
咸鱼 (鹹魚)
黄花鱼 (黃花魚)
黄鱼 (黃魚)

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  • 1280th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 117 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wěi (wei3)tail • remainder • remnant • extremity • sixth of the 28 constellations • classifier for fish
2. (yi3)horse's tail • pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yi3)The component is pronounced as 'shī' (shi1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

尾巴 
尾牙 
年尾 
结尾 (結尾)

Uncommon

尾数 (尾數)
尾气 (尾氣)
尾灯 (尾燈)
尾声 (尾聲)
尾部 
尾随 (尾隨)
从头到尾 (從頭到尾)
彻头彻尾 (徹頭徹尾)
收尾 
末尾 
汕尾 
畏首畏尾 
眼尾 
虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾)
阑尾 (闌尾)
阑尾炎 (闌尾炎)
鸡尾酒 (雞尾酒)
马尾 (馬尾)
马尾辫 (馬尾辮)
鱼尾 (魚尾)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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  • 1766th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wén (wen2)line • trace • mark • pattern • grain (of wood etc)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for wén (wen2)The component is pronounced as 'wén' (wen2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

条纹 (條紋)
皱纹 (皺紋)
纹身 (紋身)

Uncommon

指纹 (指紋)
波纹 (波紋)
纹理 (紋理)
纹路 (紋路)
花纹 (花紋)
螺纹 (螺紋)
裂纹 (裂紋)
鱼尾纹 (魚尾紋)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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