Because the traditional Chinese character for fish is written with 4 dots under the character 魚, which is an anagram of 火 (fire), and 3 dots under the character 水 (water), which means that a fish will surely die when it encounters fire, but it can only survive when it encounters water, and so a little bit of fish is missing from the inscription. The traditional Chinese character for fish is as follows:
Fish pinyin: yú, Zhuyin: ㄩˊ, radical: 魚部, extra strokes: 0 strokes, total strokes: 8 strokes
Stroke order: ノフ丨フ一丨一一一
Definitions:
1., a group of vertebrate animals that live in the water, usually have scales and fins, breathe with gills, cold-blooded: fish and shrimp. Fishworm. Fishnet. Fish leap. Fish pass (successive like fish swimming). Fish and geese (letters, messages). Fish and rice country. Fishtail. Fish eyes mixed with pearls. Fish quality dragon text (a metaphor for a false appearance).
2. Surname.
Expanded InformationHand Stroke:
Related Phrases:
1. fish gill [yú sāi]?
Also used as "鱼腮".
Also known as "fish gills". The respiratory organs of the fish. Mostly feathery, plate-like or filamentous, used to take in oxygen dissolved in the water.
2, fish and geese [yú yàn]?
Metaphor for letters (in ancient times, there was a borrowing of the belly of the fish and the feet of the geese to send letters).
3, sand fish [shā yú]?
The shark. Also known as shark.
4, clothes fish [yī yú]?
Insect, long and flat body, small head, tentacles whip-like, wingless, with three long tail hairs. Often hiding in dark places, moth-eaten clothes, books, etc.. Also called moth-eaters.
5, fish lips [yú chún]?
Sea food, processed from the lips of sharks.