







鳖 is written in 19 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 鱼, then complete the remaining strokes.
Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
鳖 is a phono-semantic compound: 鱼 (fish) carries the meaning, while 敝 indicates the sound.
Radical: 鱼 + 11 more strokes
biē鳖

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Open the tool →鳖 (biē) means “A freshwater reptile” in Chinese.
鳖 is pronounced biē in Mandarin Chinese.
鳖 has 19 strokes.
鳖 is written in 19 strokes, starting from the radical 鱼. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 鳖 is 鱼, and 鳖 is a phono-semantic compound.