鱼
yū · HSK 2
fish
🐟 鱼 = fish; classic pictograph of a fish — head on top, scaled body, tail at the base
The character started as a side-view drawing of a fish in oracle bone script. Modern 鱼 keeps that skeleton: 角-like head, 田-ish scaled body, and the bottom 一 standing in for the tail fin.
鱼 — pictograph of a fish
鱼 is a pictograph that originally depicted a fish, with the head, body with fins, and tail clearly visible in oracle bone and bronze script. The traditional form 魚 preserves four dots at the bottom representing the tail or fins. The modern simplified form 鱼 replaces those dots with a single horizontal stroke.
yú · HSK 2
fish
🐟 鱼 is a pictograph: ancient form drew head, body with scales, and tail fin
The character evolved from an oracle-bone drawing of a fish standing upright. The top 'ク' marks the head, the middle '田' is the scaled body, and the bottom horizontal stroke is the tail flattened for writing.
鱼 — pictograph of a fish
鱼 is a pictograph that originally depicted a fish, with the head, body with fins, and tail clearly visible in oracle bone and bronze script. The traditional form 魚 preserves four dots at the bottom representing the tail or fins. The modern simplified form 鱼 replaces those dots with a single horizontal stroke.