鱼 (yú) is Kangxi radical no. 195, “fish”. In this form it is written with 8 strokes.
As a radical, 鱼 (yú) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “fish” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 8 to 17 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.
Good ones to start with: 鱼 (yú) fish, 鲜 (xiān) fresh.
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