Chinese symbol for “sturgeon”
鲟鱼
xún yú
Traditional: 鱘魚
sturgeon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sturgeon is 鲟鱼 (xún yú), defined as: sturgeon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sturgeon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲟 (鱘) | xún | sturgeon; Acipenser sturio |
| 鳇 (鰉) | huáng | sturgeon |
| 鳣 (鱣) | zhān | sturgeon (old); Acipenser micadoi |
| 鲽鲛 (鰈鮫) | dié jiāo | sturgeon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲟鱼.
| 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)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sturgeon”.
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.