Chinese symbol for “mackerel”
鲭
qīng
Traditional: 鯖
mackerel
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mackerel is 鲭 (qīng), defined as: mackerel.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mackerel”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲐 (鮐) | tái | mackerel; Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus) |
| 鲭鱼 (鯖魚) | qīng yú | mackerel |
| 青鱼 (青魚) | qīng yú | black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus); herring |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲭鱼 (鯖魚) | qīng yú | mackerel |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mackerel”.
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.