Whale in Chinese (Mandarin): 鲸鱼 (jīngyú)
鲸鱼
jīngyú
whale
- Simplified
- 鲸鱼
- Traditional
- 鯨魚
- Pinyin
- jīngyú
- Typed as
- jingyu
Use it in a sentence
鲸鱼在大海里。
鯨魚在大海裡。
The whale lives in the ocean.
The characters in 鲸鱼
鲸 / 鯨
Whale. 鱼 (fish) is on the left.
16 strokes
鱼 / 魚
Fish.
8 strokes
Whales are not fish, but their name still has 鱼. The blue whale, 蓝鲸 (lánjīng), is the biggest animal on earth.
More examples with 鲸鱼
鲸鱼非常大。
鯨魚非常大。
Jīngyú fēicháng dà.
Whales are enormous.
鲸鱼会喷水。
鯨魚會噴水。
Jīngyú huì pēn shuǐ.
Whales spray water.
How to write 鲸鱼 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
鲸 16 strokes
鱼 8 strokes
In Traditional characters:
鯨 19 strokes
魚 11 strokes
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