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鲸

jīng

whale

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

HSK ✏️ 16 strokes Common • Top 26%

Words Using 鲸 (19)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

whale / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]

鲸鱼

jīngyú

whale / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]

捕鲸船

bǔjīngchuán

whaler / whale catcher

捕鲸船

bǔjīngchuán

whaler / whale catcher

杀人鲸

shārénjīng

killer whale (Orcinus orca)

杀人鲸

shārénjīng

killer whale (Orcinus orca)

白鲸

báijīng

white whale / beluga / Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville [[赫曼・麥爾維爾|赫曼・麦尔维尔<Hèmàn·Màiěrwéiěr>]]

白鲸

báijīng

white whale / beluga / Moby Dick, novel by Herman Melville [[赫曼・麥爾維爾|赫曼・麦尔维尔<Hèmàn·Màiěrwéiěr>]]

Cetacea (whale family)

鲸目

jīngmù

Cetacea (whale family)

鲸鱼座

Jīngyúzuò

Cetus (constellation)

鲸鱼座

Jīngyúzuò

Cetus (constellation)

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⿰鱼京 i

Component Tree i

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

jīng

京

capital city

📷 Pictographic: A capital building on a hill

8 strokes HSK 1

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

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

1 strokes HSK 1

xiǎo

小

small, tiny, insignificant

💡 Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

3 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 鲸 (19)

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