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鳜

鱖
guì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鳜鱼) mandarin fish; Chinese perch

Examples

西塞山前白鹭飞，桃花流水鳜鱼肥。
Xīsàishān qián báilù fēi, táohuā liúshuǐ guìyú féi.
In front of Xisai Mountain white egrets fly; peach blossoms drift, the water flows, the mandarin fish grow fat.
鳜鱼是我国名贵的淡水鱼，清蒸很鲜。
Guìyú shì wǒguó míngguì de dànshuǐyú, qīngzhēng hěn xiān.
Mandarin fish is one of China's prized freshwater fish, delicious steamed.

Tips

culture
鳜 appears in 鳜鱼 (mandarin fish), made famous by a Tang dynasty fishing-song line. There is also a rare old reading 鳜, limited to an archaic fish name.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
Left side 鱼 is the fish radical, marking 鳜 as a kind of fish, the mandarin fish in 鳜鱼.
phonetic
厥 jué
to faint; his/its (here phonetic)
Right side 厥 is the phonetic element; it matches the rare jué reading directly, while the common reading has drifted to guì.

Stroke Order

鳜 guì