Chinese symbol for “roe”
鱼卵
yú luǎn
Traditional: 魚卵
fish eggs; roe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roe is 鱼卵 (yú luǎn), defined as: fish eggs; roe.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “roe”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鱼卵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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)) |
| 产卵 (產卵) | chǎn luǎn | to lay eggs |
| 卵巢 | luǎn cháo | ovary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roe”.
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.