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鲨

shā

shark

🔤 Pictophonetic: 鱼 (fish) provides meaning, 沙 provides pronunciation

HSK 15 strokes Uncommon (37%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

沙

shā

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

鱼

yú

fish

⿱沙鱼 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shā

沙

sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated

🔤 Pictophonetic: 氵 (water) provides meaning, 少 provides pronunciation

7 strokes HSK 4

shuǐ

氵

water

3 strokes

shǎo

少

few, little; less; inadequate

📷 Pictographic: Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning

4 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

yú

鱼

fish

📷 Pictographic: A fish swimming upwards

8 strokes HSK 2

⿱⺈田

Radical component

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 鲨 (11)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

dàbáishā

大白鲨 ↗

great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

姥鲨 ↗

lǎoshā

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

lǎoshā

姥鲨 ↗

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

巨牙鲨 ↗

jùyáshā

megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)

jùyáshā

巨牙鲨 ↗

megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon)

巨齿鲨 ↗

jùchǐshā

see [[巨牙鯊|巨牙鲨<jùyáshā>]]

jùchǐshā

巨齿鲨 ↗

see [[巨牙鯊|巨牙鲨<jùyáshā>]]

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