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鮰

huí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 鮰鱼) a kind of freshwater catfish

Examples

HSK 5
红烧鮰鱼是有名的江鲜。
Hóngshāo huíyú shì yǒumíng de jiāngxiān.
Stewed catfish is a famous river dish.
HSK 7-9
这鱼就是鮰鱼，无鳞肉嫩。
Zhè yú jiùshì huíyú, wú lín ròu nèn.
This fish is the catfish, scaleless and tender-fleshed.

Tips

usage
Only appears in 鮰鱼, a scaleless river catfish (also called 鮠鱼) prized in Yangtze cooking. The bare character is never used alone.

Components

radical
鱼 yú
fish
Left-side fish radical 鱼. As in most fish names, it marks the whole character as a type of fish.
phonetic
回 huí
to return; (here) sound
Right side 回 supplies the sound huí; its 'return' meaning plays no role in the fish name.

No stroke data for 鮰; the glyph shown is your device font, so component strokes can't be highlighted.

Stroke Order

鮰 huí