Keyword
fisherman
- to fish
- to pursue
- to sieze
- Frequency
- #1799
- Strokes
- 11
Readings
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Mnemonic
To fish 鱼 in a river氵; 鱼 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
渔业
fishing industry; fishery
渔民
fisherman; fisher folk
渔船
fishing boat
渔
fisherman; to fish
渔夫
fisherman
渔网
fishing net
渔港
fishing port
渔人
fisherman
渔场
fishing ground
渔具
fishing gear
渔获
fish catch
渔猎
fishing and hunting; fig. to loot; to plunder
渔轮
fishing vessel
渔利
to make an unethical profit; benefits gained from others' conflict
竭泽而渔
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
李渔
Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
坐收渔利
benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
渔捞
fishing (as a commercial activity)
渔樵
(literary) fishermen and woodcutters (used to refer to rustic people or a simple, pastoral lifestyle)
禁渔
ban on fishing
渔阳
old place name (in Yan of Warring states, in modern Beijing city)
渔鼓
percussion instrument in the form of a bamboo fish (traditionally used by Daoist priests)
渔翁之利
(idiom) the advantage gained by a third party when two sides are in conflict
渔妇
fisherwoman