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鲷

diāo

Character Traditional 鯛

What 鲷 means

1. porgy
2. pagrus major

Example sentences

• 如何料理黑鲷：做刺身是最好吃的。
  Rúhé liàolǐ hēidiāo: zuò cìshēn shì zuì hǎochī de.
  How to prepare black porgy: It's tastiest as sashimi.

Words starting with 鲷

• 鲷鱼diāo yúporgy; sea bream (family Sparidae); (Taiwan) tilapia
• 鲷鱼烧diāo yú shāotaiyaki, Japanese-style waffle made with a fish-shaped mold, typically filled with a…

Words containing 鲷

• 丁鲷dīng diāotench
• 真鲷zhēn diāoporgy (Pagrosomus major); red sea bream

Characters built on 周

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

• 调tiáoto harmonize; to reconcile; to blend
• 雕diāoto carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 凋diāowithered
• 碉diāorock cave (archaic)
• 蜩tiáocicada

Characters that look like 鲷

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

• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 蝙biānused in 蝙蝠
• 龌wòdirty; small-minded
• 螨mǎnmite
• 鳃sāigills of fish
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read diāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 雕to carve; to engrave; shrewd
• 叼to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
• 刁artful; wicked
• 貂sable or marten (genus Martes)
• 凋withered
• 碉rock cave (archaic)
• 蛁Pomponia maculatiocollis
• 琱to engrave gems
• 汈(used in place names)