Chinese symbol for “shark”
鲨鱼
shā yú
Traditional: 鯊魚
shark
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shark is 鲨鱼 (shā yú), defined as: shark.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shark”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲨鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大白鲨 (大白鯊) | dà bái shā | great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) |
| 鲸鲨 (鯨鯊) | jīng shā | whale shark (Rhincodon typus) |
| 姥鲨 (姥鯊) | lǎo shā | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
| 巨牙鲨 (巨牙鯊) | jù yá shā | megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon) |
| 巨齿鲨 (巨齒鯊) | jù chǐ shā | see 巨牙鲨 (jù yá shā) |
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shark”.
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.