How do you pronounce 章鱼?

章鱼 is pronounced zhāngyú.

How many strokes does 章鱼 have?

章鱼 is written with 19 strokes in total: 章 (11 strokes), 鱼 (8 strokes).

Chinese Vocabulary

章鱼

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章鱼

zhāngyú1st tone

Pinyin: zhāngyú
Strokes: 19
In episodes: 1

Stroke order for 章鱼

章鱼 is written with 19 strokes (章: 11, 鱼: 8). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

章 chapter, 鱼 fish — but it is not a fish at all.

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章鱼 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.

Blue Crabs Rode Ballast Water to Italy and Ate the Clams. So They Released 80,000 Baby Octopuses — Which May Not Go Where the Crabs Are.章鱼 spoken at natural speedbeginner

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Related words from the same episodes

贝shellfish, clam 吃to eat 开to open 壳shell 水water

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