Chinese symbol for “herring”
鲱鱼
fēi yú
Traditional: 鯡魚
herring
The closest CC-CEDICT match for herring is 鲱鱼 (fēi yú), defined as: herring.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “herring”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲱鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圆腹鲱 (圓腹鯡) | yuán fù fēi | round herring |
| 西鲱 (西鯡) | xī fēi | allis shad (Alosa alosa) |
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
| 鲨鱼 (鯊魚) | shā yú | shark |
| 钓鱼 (釣魚) | diào yú | to fish (with line and hook); to angle; (fig.) to entrap |
| 捕鱼 (捕魚) | bǔ yú | to catch fish; to fish |
| 鱼雷 (魚雷) | yú léi | torpedo |
| 鳄鱼 (鱷魚) | è yú | alligator; crocodile (条 (tiáo)) |
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.