How to write 魚

魚 yú 名词 【本义】: 一种水生脊椎动物 1. A class of vertebrates living in water, generally having scales and fins, breathing with gills, and being cold-blooded. 例: 魚蝦 [fish and shrimp], 魚網 [fishing net], 魚躍 [fish leap], 魚貫 [like fish swimming in succession], 魚雁 [letters, information], 魚米鄉 [land of fish and rice], 魚尾紋 [fish tail pattern], 魚目混珠 [to mix fish eyes with pearls], 魚質龍文 [metaphor for something that appears valuable but is not]. 2. Surname. 【引】 1. 《說文》: 魚，水蟲也。象形。魚尾與燕尾相似。 2. 《易·中孚》: 豚魚吉。 3. 《論衡·指瑞》: 魚木精。 4. 《儀禮·特牲禮》: 魚十有五。 5. 《詩·邶風·新臺》: 魚網之設。 6. 《禮記·曲禮》: 鮮魚曰脡祭。 7. 《呂氏春秋》: 魚上冰，獺祭魚。 8. 《史記·周本記》: 白魚躍入王舟中。 【例】 如: 魚鯇冠兒 [a pointed hat worn by female Taoists resembling a fish skull], 魚鱗冊 [a shorthand for “魚鱗圖冊”, land records compiled for tax collection], 魚爛 [fragmented like fish scales], 魚軒 [a vehicle decorated with fish skin for nobility], 魚膾 [finely sliced raw fish], 魚市 [market for selling fish], 魚質龍文 [something that looks like a dragon on the outside but is a fish inside], 魚米 [fish and rice], 魚秧 [slightly larger small fish], 魚魚雅雅 [a demeanor of seriousness and propriety, as fish swim in a line and crows fly in formation]. 2. Certain aquatic animals resembling fish. 例: 魚甲 [shark skin armor], 魚須 [shark whiskers], 鯨魚 [whale], 鱷魚 [crocodile], 甲魚 [soft-shelled turtle], 鯢魚 [eels]. 3. A horse with white eyes. 4. In traditional Chinese medicine, refers to points on the body, specifically a prominent muscle area behind the thumb (or big toe) resembling a fish's belly. 5. In the Tang dynasty, a copper fish talisman used for rituals. 6. A letterbox made in the shape of a fish, used in ancient times. 7. Surname. 魚 yú 动词 The ancient character for “漁” (to fish). To catch fish. 【引】 1. 《易·繫辭下》: 以佃以魚。 2. 《左傳·隱公五年》: 公將如棠觀魚者。 3. 宋·孔武仲《自實豐倉歸》: 拋掉一官如糞壤，好隨魚舸此中間。 【例】 如: 魚罟 [fishing net], 魚戶 [fishing household], 魚船 [fishing or angling boats], 魚釣 [to fish], 魚榔 [a stick used to scare fish into the net], 魚舸 [fishing boat, also written as "魚舲"], 魚罩 [bamboo catchment for fish].