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Chi-Yu (Japanese: イーユイ Yiyui) is a dual-type Dark/Fire Legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation IX.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
Along with Wo-Chien, Chien-Pao, and Ting-Lu, Chi-Yu is a member of the treasures of ruin.
Biology
Chi-Yu is a fish-like Pokémon. It is composed of two pairs of curved jade beads, once believed to be sacred and commonly worn for religious rituals. Each of these pairs of beads circle a black orb coated by white around the sides; together, they make up the eyes of Chi-Yu, while the rest of its fish-shaped body is formed by a dark red and yellow flame. The beads sometimes glow red and yellow when it attacks.
Like the other treasures of ruin, Chi-Yu's true form is the beads forming its eyes, having been given life by the envy of those who desired them enough to start wars over them — while its body is a form it has constructed using its control over fire. Chi-Yu's flames burn at over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit (3,000 degrees Celsius), allowing it to melt rock and sand into lava that it can swim through. It is known as the Beads of Ruin.
Chi-Yu and the other treasures of ruin are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Ruination. Chi-Yu is also the only known Pokémon that can have Beads of Ruin as an Ability.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation IX | | Paldea
#396 | | Kitakami
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| Scarlet | It controls flames burning at over 5,400 degrees Fahrenheit. It casually swims through the sea of lava it creates by melting rock and sand. |
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| Violet | The envy accumulated within curved beads that sparked multiple conflicts has clad itself in fire and become a Pokémon. |
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Game locations
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Version 1.0.0
Version 1.0.1+
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Chi-Yu
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Chi-Yu
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- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Chi-Yu
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Major appearances
Minor appearances
In the manga
In the TCG
Main article: Chi-Yu (TCG)Trivia
- Chi-Yu and the other treasures of ruin are the first Pokémon whose base stats were adjusted via a patch to the game.
- Chi-Yu is significantly lighter than the other three treasures of ruin, likely due to its body being mostly made out of fire, which has no weight.
- Chi-Yu is the only Fire-type Pokémon with fins.
Origin
Chi-Yu may be modeled after members of the Cyprinidae family, specifically the goldfish. The beads around its eyes make it particularly similar to the telescope eye and celestial eye breeds. The curved beads by its eyes are based on the magatama, comma-shaped beads made of jade that served as ceremonial and religious objects. The coloration and location of the beads, together with Chi-Yu being born from envy, may invoke the idea of the "green-eyed monster", a phrase coined in William Shakespeare's Othello to refer to jealousy.
Chi-Yu and the other treasures of ruin may be based on the Four Perils of Chinese mythology. Specifically, Chi-Yu may be based on 混沌 Hùndùn, an embodiment of chaos depicted as an oval creature with only limbs and no face — akin to Chi-Yu's body without its beads — and said to be "scarlet like cinnabar fire" in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is also described as living in a permanent state of confusion, similar to the stereotypical image of a goldfish. Another inspiration may be Gun, whose name literally mean "big fish" and who was compared to one of the Four Perils in the Book of Documents. He is sometimes noted as the father of Yu the Great, another possible inspiration for Chi-Yu's name.
Name origin
Chi-Yu may be a combination of 鯽魚 / 鲫鱼 jìyú (Chinese for crucian carp, from which goldfish are domesticated) and 玉 yù (Chinese for jade). It may also be a reference to 蚩尤 Chiyou, a Chinese mythological being who descends from the Flame Emperor. The name is formatted in Wade–Giles, a romanization system used in the Anglosphere for most of the 20th century. The yu may also come from Yu the Great. He is sometimes noted as the son of Gun, who is compared to one of the Four Perils in the Book of Documents.
Yiyui may be a combination of 魚 / 鱼 yú (Chinese for fish) and 玉 yù (Chinese for jade). Both /i/ and /ui/ are common approximates of the close front rounded vowel (represented as -ü- or yu- in pinyin, pronounced like French u or German ü) in languages where the vowel is not present.
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | चीयू Chiyu | Transcription of English name |  Thai | อวี้อวี๋ Awi-awi | Transcription of Japanese name |
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