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Chinese symbol for “grouper”

石斑鱼
shí bān yú
Traditional: 石斑魚
grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grouper is 石斑鱼 (shí bān yú), defined as: grouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae (subfamily of Serranidae, fish family including grouper).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes
斑 bān
freckled, mottled, spotted, striped
radical 67 ⽂ · 12 strokes
鱼 yú
fish
radical 195 ⿂ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “grouper”

WordPinyinMeaning
鮨qísushi; grouper (Portuguese: garoupa)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 石斑鱼.

WordPinyinMeaning
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
钻石 (鑽石)zuàn shídiamond; 颗 (kē)
岩石yán shí(geology) rock
宝石 (寶石)bǎo shíprecious stone; gem; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
化石huà shífossil
斑点 (斑點)bān diǎnspot; stain
斑马 (斑馬)bān mǎzebra; measure word: 匹 (pǐ)
鱼类 (魚類)yú lèifishes

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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