鳞
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scales (of fish, snakes etc)
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- 魚 +12
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鱗
- Common rank
- #2,352
- Unicode
- U+9CDE
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Formation & memory
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Words with 鳞
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大鳞大马哈鱼 | see 大鱗大麻哈魚|大鳞大麻哈鱼[da4 lin2 da2 ma2 ha3 yu2] | |
| 大鳞大麻哈鱼 | king salmon; Chinook salmon | |
| 鳞腹绿啄木鸟 | (bird species of China) scaly-bellied woodpecker (Picus squamatus) | |
| 鳞喉绿啄木鸟 | (bird species of China) streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) | |
| 毛鳞鱼 | capelin | |
| 东鳞西爪 | lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west; odds and ends (idio… | |
| 一鳞半爪 | lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); fig. only odd bits and pieces | |
| 鳞翅目 | Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) | |
| 鳞状细胞癌 | squamous cell carcinoma | |
| 遍体鳞伤 | (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue | |
| 小鳞胸鹪鹛 | (bird species of China) pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) | |
| 鱼鳞 | fish scales | |
| 鳞片 | scale (of fish, reptiles etc) | |
| 鳞甲 | scale; plate of armor | |
| 鳞伤 | cuts and bruises like fish scales; terribly cut up | |
| 鳞状 | scaly; squamous | |
| 鳞胸鹪鹛 | (bird species of China) scaly-breasted cupwing; scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Pnoepyga albi… | |
| 鳞翅 | scaly wing; Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类) | |
| 鳞次栉比 | row upon row | |
| 逆鳞 | (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction,… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 粦 — compare how they read.