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鲭

qīng

Character Traditional 鯖

What 鲭 means

1. mackerel

Other readings

鲭 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhēngboiled stew of fish and meat

Words starting with 鲭

• 鲭鱼qīng yúmackerel

Characters built on 青

These share the phonetic component 青 (qīng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 请qǐngto ask; to invite; please (do sth)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet
• 睛jīngeye; eyeball
• 晴qíngclear; fine (weather)
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented

Characters that look like 鲭

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

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 横hénghorizontal; across; crosswise
• 懈xièlax; negligent
• 鲸jīngwhale
• 鲱fēiPacific herring
• 赭zhěocher

Sounds the same

Read qīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 清(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted
• 轻light; easy; gentle
• 青green; blue; black
• 倾to overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 氢hydrogen (chemistry)
• 卿high ranking official (old); term of endearment between spouses (old)…
• 圊restroom; latrine
• 顷variant of 倾
• 蜻see 蜻蜓
• 淸variant of 清
• 靑variant of 青