渔

yú

yúspelled as ü · 2nd tone — spelling rules

fisherman · to fish

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

渔=氵+鱼

Etymology

To fish 鱼 in a river氵; 鱼 also provides the pronunciation

Meanings

fisherman

to fish

yú

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Words with 渔 82 total

fishing boat · CL: tiáo渔船yú chuán Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist李渔Lǐ Yú fisherman渔人yú rén fishing gear渔具yú jù to make an unethical profit · benefits gained from others' conflict渔利yú lì fishing ground渔场yú chǎng fisherman渔夫yú fū fisherwoman渔妇yú fù fishing (as a commercial activity)渔捞yú lāo fishing industry · fishery渔业yú yè (literary) fishermen and woodcutters (used to refer to rustic people or a simple, pastoral lifestyle)渔樵yú qiáo fisherman · fisher folk渔民yú mín fishing season渔汛yú xùn fishing port渔港yú gǎng fish catch渔获yú huò fishing and hunting · fig. to loot · to plunder渔猎yú liè fishing pot (trap)渔笼yú lóng fishing net · fishnet渔网yú wǎng fishing line渔线yú xiàn fishing vessel渔轮yú lún old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)渔阳Yú yáng (bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)渔雕yú diāo (bird species of China) Pallas's gull (Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus)渔鸥yú ōu percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)渔鼓yú gǔ

Idioms with 渔 20 total Chain

lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) · fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs竭泽而渔jié zé ér yú (idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute渔人之利yú rén zhī lì

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