鳄 (è): crocodile
鳄 (è) is a Chinese character meaning “crocodile.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 鱼 (semantic) and 咢 (phonetic). It ranks #2966 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鳄 fish. Its radical form 鱼 (fish) appears in many related characters such as 鱼 (yú, fish), 鲜 (xiān, fresh), 鲁 (lǔ, Shandong, foolish).
Definitions
- crocodile
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鳄鱼noun | è yú | alligator |
| 鳄鱼眼泪noun | è yú yǎn lèi | crocodile tears |
| 扬子鳄noun | yáng zǐ è | Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) |
| 大鳄noun | dà è | lit. big crocodile |
| 凯门鳄noun | kǎi mén è | (zoology) caiman |
| 鳄鱼夹 | è yú jiā | crocodile clip |
| 短吻鳄noun | duǎn wěn è | alligator |
| 鳄龙 | è lóng | Champsosaurus |
| 鳄蜥noun | è xī | Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) |
| 鳄龟 | è guī | snapping turtle |
| 鳄梨酱noun | è lí jiàng | guacamole |
| 鳄梨noun | è lí | avocado (Persea americana) |
鳄 appears in 12 compound words: 67 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 鳄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
鳄鱼是冷血动物，生活在热带地区。
Èyú shì lěngxuè dòngwù, shēnghuó zài rèdài dìqū.
Crocodiles are cold-blooded animals living in tropical regions.
鳄梨树为何能一天数次变换性别
è lí shù wéi hé néng yī tiān shǔ cì biàn huàn xìng bié
Why Can Avocado Trees Change Their Sex Several Times a Day?
横眉冷看:官即是鳄 鳄即是官
héng méi lěng kàn : guān jí shì è è jí shì guān
A Sarcastic Glance: Officials Are Like Crocodiles, and Crocodiles Are Like Officials
鳄鱼有尖利的牙齿。
èyú yǒu jiānlì de yáchǐ.
Crocodiles have sharp teeth.
他的腿被鳄鱼咬了。
Tā de tuǐ bèi èyú yǎo le.
His leg was bitten by a crocodile.
木头或许能在水里呆上十年，但它终究不可能变成一条鳄鱼。
Mùtou huòxǔ néng zài Shuǐlǐ dāi shàng shí nián, dàn tā zhōngjiū bù kěnéng biànchéng yī tiáo èyú.
Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.
Character Family
鱼 Radical Family — Characters sharing the fish radical
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