鳃 (sāi): gills (of a fish)

Meanings

1 gills (of a fish)

Characters

鳃

sāi

gills

Examples

鱼用鳃呼吸。

Yú yòng sāi hūxī.

Fish breathe through gills.

他切开鱼，看到了红色的鳃。

Tā qiēkāi yú, kàn dào le hóngsè de sāi.

He cut open the fish and saw the red gills.

Tips

memory

鳃 has the fish radical 鱼 on the left — a giveaway that the word relates to fish anatomy. The right side 思 (sī, 'think') here only carries the sound, not the meaning.

Stroke Order

鳃 sāi

Related Words

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to fish / to go fishing / phishing (internet)

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to catch fish / to fish

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