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鲔

wěi

Character Traditional 鮪

What 鲔 means

1. little tuna
2. Euthynnus alletteratus

Example sentences

• 鲨鱼的皮比鲔鱼的皮粗糙多了。
  Shāyú de pí bǐ wěiyú de pí cūcāo duō le.
  The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
• Tom汞中毒，因为他每天吃罐装鲔鱼。
  T om gǒng zhòngdú, yīnwèi tā měitiān chī guànzhuāng wěiyú.
  Tom got mercury poisoning because he ate canned tuna every day.

Words starting with 鲔

• 鲔鱼wěi yú(Taiwan) tuna
• 鲔鱼肚wěi yú dù(cuisine) tuna belly; (Taiwan) (fig.) (coll.) potbelly; paunch

Characters that look like 鲔

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 鞍ān(bound form) saddle
• 鲤lǐcarp

Sounds the same

Read wěi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 委to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc)
• 伟big; large; great
• 尾tail; remainder; remnant
• 伪false; fake; forged
• 纬latitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 萎to wither; to drop; to decline
• 唯yes
• 苇reed; rush; Phragmites communis
• 玮(reddish jade); precious; rare
• 娓used in 娓娓
• 炜glowing; bright; brilliant
• 猥humble; rustic; plentiful