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鳜

鱖
guì
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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
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