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鲫

鯽
jì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鲫鱼) crucian carp

Examples

HSK 7-9
鲫鱼汤炖到奶白色最好喝。
Jìyú tāng dùn dào nǎibáisè zuì hǎohē.
Crucian carp soup is best simmered until it turns milky white.
HSK 7-9
求职者多得像过江之鲫。
Qiúzhízhě duō de xiàng guòjiāng zhī jì.
Job seekers were as numerous as crucian carp crossing a river.

Tips

usage
鲫 appears in 鲫鱼 (crucian carp), a common freshwater food fish. The idiom 过江之鲫 (carp crossing a river) describes a great crowd of people.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
Left side 鱼 is the fish radical, marking 鲫 as a kind of fish, the crucian carp in 鲫鱼.
phonetic
即 jí
namely; at once
Right side 即 is the phonetic element; the sound has shifted only slightly, from jí to jì, so it is a close sound match.

Stroke Order

鲫 jì