鮎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

freshwater trout, smelt

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • デン
  • ネン
Kun (native)
  • あゆ
  • なまず
Nanori (used in names)
  • あい
Other languages
  • 拼音nian2
  • 한글jeom
  • Hán-ViệtNiêm

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9B8E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚占

Words using this kanji

  • あゆ(あゆ)サケ目・アユ科に分類される回遊魚の一種。ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), sweetfish
  • 鮎漁あゆりょうfishing for ayu
  • 鮎擬あゆもどきkissing loach (Leptobotia curta)
  • 鮎魚女あいなめfat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)
  • 鮎釣りあゆつりayu fishing
  • 鮎掛けあゆかけfourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
  • 鮎ずしあゆずしsweetfish sushi, ayu sushi

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(14 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-5
Four Corner
2136.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a5.7
Heisig
2832
Nelson
5288