Fish in Chinese (Mandarin): 鱼 (yú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 鱼

• 鱼 / 魚

  Fish. It began as a drawing of a fish: head on top, body in the middle, tail at the bottom.

  8 strokes

Second tone: the voice rises, as if asking a question. 鱼 sounds like 余 (yú, plenty), so families eat fish at Chinese New Year for luck.

More examples with 鱼

• 我喜欢吃鱼。

  我喜歡吃魚。

  Wǒ xǐhuan chī yú.

  I like eating fish.

• 河里有很多鱼。

  河裡有很多魚。

  Hé li yǒu hěn duō yú.

  There are many fish in the river.

How to write 鱼 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.

In Traditional characters: