Shark in Chinese (Mandarin): 鲨鱼 (shāyú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 鲨鱼

• 鲨 / 鯊

  Shark. 鱼 (fish) is at the bottom, and 沙 (shā, sand) on top gives the sound.

  15 strokes

• 鱼 / 魚

  Fish.

  8 strokes

Sharks lose teeth all the time and grow new ones. Both characters are first and second tone: shā-yú.

More examples with 鲨鱼

• 鲨鱼游得很快。

  鯊魚游得很快。

  Shāyú yóu de hěn kuài.

  Sharks swim very fast.

• 我在海洋馆看到了鲨鱼。

  我在海洋館看到了鯊魚。

  Wǒ zài hǎiyángguǎn kàn dào le shāyú.

  I saw a shark at the aquarium.

How to write 鲨鱼 in Chinese

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

In Traditional characters: