wěi

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technical

Meaning of

鲔 means tuna; skipjack (spindle-shaped ocean fish with dark blue back and small fins); sturgeon (in ancient Chinese texts). Pronounced wěi.

  • tuna; skipjack (spindle-shaped ocean fish with dark blue back and small fins)
  • sturgeon (in ancient Chinese texts)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes14
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Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

mín
zài
Tài
Píng
Yáng
huò
le
tiáo
de
wěi
 

The fishermen caught a huge tuna in the Pacific Ocean.

Xīn
xiān
de
wěi
zuò
chéng
měi
wèi
de
shēng
piàn
 

Fresh tuna can be made into delicious sashimi.

Zhè
zhǒng
wěi
de
bèi
hòu
miàn
yǒu
xiǎo
 

This type of tuna has seven small fins behind its dorsal fin.

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Measure Words

/ tiáo
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/ wěi