Results, 魚心あれば水心

魚心あれば水心【うおごころあればみずごころuogokoroarebamizugokoro】

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

Kanji definition:

魚
常用２年JLPTN4

ギョGYO・うおuo・さかなsakana・~ざかな zakana

fish

Strokes:
11
Radical:
魚 fish
SKIP:
2-7-4
UTF:
9b5a
JIS208:
21-91
Nanori:
いi
Hangul:
어 [eo]
Pinyin:
yú
Stroke order:
Example words:
魚【さかなsakana】
fish
金魚【きんぎょkingyo】
goldfish
魚介類【ぎょかいるいgyokairui】
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
鮮魚【せんぎょsengyo】
fresh fish
熱帯魚【ねったいぎょnettaigyo】
tropical fish
心
常用２年JLPTN4

シンSHIN・こころkokoro・~ごころ gokoro

heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)

➜
忄
Strokes:
4
Radical:
心忄⺗ heart
SKIP:
4-4-4
UTF:
5fc3
JIS208:
31-20
Hangul:
심 [sim]
Pinyin:
xīn
Stroke order:
Example words:
関心【かんしんkanshin】
concern; interest
中心【ちゅうしんchuushin】
center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance; / -centered; -centred; -focussed; -oriented; centered on; focussed on
心不全【しんふぜんshinfuzen】
heart failure
心理【しんりshinri】
state of mind; mentality; psychology
心臓【しんぞうshinzou】
heart; / guts; nerve; cheek; gall; spine; / central part
水
常用１年JLPTN5

スイSUI・みずmizu・みず~mizu

water

Strokes:
4
Radical:
水氵氺 water
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
6c34
JIS208:
31-69
Nanori:
うずuzu・ずみzumi・つtsu・どdo・みmi・みさmisa・みつmitsu・みなmina・みんmin
Hangul:
수 [su]
Pinyin:
shuǐ
Stroke order:
Example words:
水【みずmizu】
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); / fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; / flood; floodwaters; / water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; / break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
水準【すいじゅんsuijun】
level; standard; / water level
水面【すいめんsuimen】
water's surface
水道【すいどうsuidou】
water supply; water service; waterworks; / channel; strait; / water course; waterway
水田【すいでんsuiden】
(water-filled) paddy field

Partial results:

魚心あれば水心あり【うおこころあればみずこころありuokokoroarebamizukokoroari】魚心有れば水心有り

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

Kanji

魚

ギョGYO・うおuo・さかなsakana・~ざかな zakana

fish

心

シンSHIN・こころkokoro・~ごころ gokoro

heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)


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