鲱 (fēi): herring

Meanings

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.

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.

usage

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

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.

鲱 fēi