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鮑

鮑 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. しおうお、魚を保存用に塩漬けにしたもの、一説にそれを干し干物にしたもの。
  2. （日本⇒現代中国:鮑魚）あわび。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「包 /*PU/」。｛鮑 /*bruuʔ/｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

abalone

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホ
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • あわび
Other languages
  • 拼音bao4
  • 한글po
  • Hán-ViệtBảo

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9B91

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚包

Words using this kanji

  • 鮑アワビ（あわび）貝の一種、詳細は「あわび」参照。abalone, ear shell
  • 鮑魚ほうぎょ塩漬けにした魚。 腐って匂うもの。salt-cured fish
  • 鮑熨斗あわびのしdried stretched abalone flesh
  • 鮑の片思いあわびのかたおもいsecret, unrequited love
  • 鮑��貝の片思いあわびのかいのかたおもいsecret, unrequited love

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-5
Four Corner
2731.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a5.4
Nelson
5284