鲨
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shark
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 魚 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 鯊
- Common rank
- #3,168
- Unicode
- U+9CA8
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 鲨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大白鲨 | great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) | |
| 食人鲨 | man-eating shark; same as 大白鯊|大白鲨[da4 bai2 sha1], great white shark (Carcharodon carcharia… | |
| 巨牙鲨 | megalodon (Carcharodon megalodon) | |
| 巨齿鲨 | see 巨牙鯊|巨牙鲨[ju4 ya2 sha1] | |
| 鲨鱼 | shark | |
| 锤头鲨 | a hammerhead shark | |
| 双髻鲨 | hammerhead shark | |
| 鲸鲨 | whale shark (Rhincodon typus) | |
| 鼬鲨 | tiger shark | |
| 姥鲨 | basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 沙 — compare how they read.