Chinese symbol for “squid”
鱿鱼
yóu yú
Traditional: 魷魚
squid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for squid is 鱿鱼 (yóu yú), defined as: squid.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “squid”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鱿鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 炒鱿鱼 (炒魷魚) | chǎo yóu yú | (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb |
| 法克鱿 (法克魷) | fǎ kè yóu | (Internet slang) (loanword) fuck you |
| 鱿钓 (魷釣) | yóu diào | squid fishing (typically using lights at night to attract them) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “squid”.
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.