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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yú | yu2
English translation
fisherman; to fish; to pursue; to sieze

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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To fish  in a river shuǐ also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵魚

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
渔夫 yú fū fisherman漁夫
渔船 yú chuán fishing boat漁船
fisherman
渔民 yúmín fisherman漁民
渔业 yú yè fishery漁業
渔具 yú jù fishing gear漁具
渔网 yú wǎng fishing net漁網
渔场 yú chǎng fishing ground漁場
渔港 yú gǎng fishing port漁港
渔猎 yú liè fig. to loot漁獵
坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì benefit from others' dispute (idiom)坐收漁利
渔人 yú rén fisherman漁人
禁渔 jìn yú ban on fishing禁漁
渔阳 Yú yáng old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)漁陽
渔轮 yú lún fishing vessel漁輪
竭泽而渔 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)竭澤而漁
渔汛 yú xùn fishing season漁汛
渔捞 yú lāo fishing (as a commercial activity)漁撈
渔鼓 yú gǔ percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)漁鼓
涸泽而渔 hé zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)涸澤而漁
渔妇 yú fù fisherwoman漁婦
渔汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season漁汛期

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