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鲱

鯡
fēi
noun #50,842

Meanings

  1. 1 herring

Examples

HSK 4
鲱鱼是最重要的经济海鱼之一。
Fēiyú shì zuì zhòngyào de jīngjì hǎiyú zhīyī.
Herring is one of the most important commercial sea fish.
HSK 7-9
瑞典的腌鲱鱼气味极重。
Ruìdiǎn de yān fēiyú qìwèi jí zhòng.
Sweden's fermented herring has a notoriously strong smell.

Tips

usage
Used in 鲱鱼 (herring), a small silvery schooling fish caught in huge numbers for food.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
The fish radical on the left marks this as a kind of fish, here the small schooling herring of cold seas.
phonetic
非 fēi
not; wrong
Supplies the sound directly: 非 is read fēi, the same phonetic seen in 啡 and 菲.

Stroke Order

鲱 fēi