渔 (yú): fisherman, to fish
渔 (yú) is a Chinese character meaning “fisherman.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural) and 鱼 (structural). It ranks #1753 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 渔 to fish 鱼 in a river氵; 鱼 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- fisherman
- to fish
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo fish 鱼 in a river氵; 鱼 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰氵鱼 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渔夫 | yú fū | fisherman |
| 渔船 | yú chuán | fishing boat |
| 渔具 | yú jù | fishing gear |
| 渔民 | yú mín | fisherman |
| 渔网 | yú wǎng | fishing net |
| 渔业 | yú yè | fishing industry |
| 渔场 | yú chǎng | fishing ground |
| 坐收渔利 | zuò shōu yú lì | benefit from others' dispute (idiom) |
| 渔猎 | yú liè | fishing and hunting |
| 渔港 | yú gǎng | fishing port |
| 竭泽而渔 | jié zé ér yú | lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) |
| 渔妇 | yú fù | fisherwoman |
| 渔轮 | yú lún | fishing vessel |
| 授人以鱼不如授人以渔 | shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú | give a man a fish and you feed him for a day |
| 授之以鱼不如授之以渔 | shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú | give a man a fish and you feed him for a day |
渔 appears in 40 compound words: 70 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 15 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 渔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 渔.
Example Sentences
孩子们喜欢在清澈的渔边玩耍，捉小鱼小虾。
hái zǐ men xǐ huān zài qīng 澈 de yú biān wán shuǎ , zhuō xiǎo yú xiǎo xiā .
Children love to play along the clear fishing banks, catching little fish and shrimp.
泰国斯米兰海底珊瑚礁缠“幽灵渔网” 潜水员清除逾2吨废弃渔具
tài guó sī mǐ lán hǎi de 珊 瑚 jiāo chán yōu líng yú wǎng qián shuǐ yuán qīng chú yú 2 dūn fèi qì yú jù
Divers in the submarine coral reef of Similan, Thailand, wrapped in "ghost fishing nets" Divers removed more than 2 tons of discarded fishing gear
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rì běn mì jìng dā zhì dǎo sān chóng xiàn yǐn shì yú cūn chāo liáo yù ! dǎ kǎ jué měi hǎi jǐng guàn jǐng tái rén qì hóng dòu miàn . . .
Japan's secret Tashijima|Mie Prefecture's hidden fishing village is super healing! Check in the beautiful sea view observation deck + popular red bean noodles...
消除“黄牌”警告:广宁省提前完成渔船捕捞许可发放工作
xiāo chú huáng pái jǐng gào : guǎng nìng shěng tí qián wán chéng yú chuán bǔ lāo xǔ kě fā fàng gōng zuò
Eliminate "yellow card" warning: Quang Ninh province has completed the issuance of fishing vessel fishing licenses ahead of schedule
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yú hù shǔ : xī gòng dōng jiāo yě gōng yuán jǐng diǎn jí lù yíng dì diǎn zhì xù jí . . .
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yú hù shǔ : nóng lì xīn nián huáng jīn zhōu xī gòng rè mén jǐng diǎn jí lù yíng dì . . .
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授之以鱼，不如授之以渔。
Shòu zhī yǐ yú, bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú.
It's better to teach someone how to fish than to give someone a fish.
迷路的渔船安全地返回了港口。
Mílù de yúchuán ānquán de fǎnhuí le gǎngkǒu.
The lost fishing boat made a safe return to harbour.
这个岛的经济依靠的是渔业。
Zhège dǎo de jīngjì yīkào de shì yúyè.
The economy of the island is dependent on the fishing industry.
渔民用他的网捕到了一只紫色的水母。
Yúmín yòng tā de wǎng bǔ dào le yī zhī zǐsè de shuǐmǔ.
The fisherman caught a purple jellyfish in his net.
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