Keyword
scales
- fish scales
- Frequency
- #3072
- Strokes
- 20
Readings
lín
Mnemonic
鱼 (fish) gives the meaning and 粦 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
鳞
scales (of fish, snakes etc)
鳞片
scale (of fish, reptiles etc)
遍体鳞伤
(idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue
鱼鳞
fish scales
鳞甲
scale; plate of armor
鳞翅目
Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶类 and moths 蛾类)
鳞茎
(botany) bulb
鳞次栉比
row upon row
鳞伤
cuts and bruises like fish scales; terribly cut up
鳞状
scaly; squamous
一鳞半爪
lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and pieces
毛鳞鱼
capelin