鲨 shā shark
How to remember 鲨: 沙 sand + 鱼 fish = shark. From the sand the lifeguard spots a huge fish fin in the waves and yells "Everybody out, it is a shark!"
Component breakdown
鲨 = 沙 sand + 鱼 fish
- 沙 sand
- 氵 water
- 少 few
- 鱼 fish
From the sand the lifeguard spots a huge fish fin in the waves and yells "Everybody out, it is a shark!"
How it is used
- Bound character that essentially only means shark, appearing in 鲨鱼 (shāyú) shark - 大白鲨 (dà bái shā) great white shark.
- You rarely see 鲨 standing alone; it lives inside 鲨鱼 and species names.