鮫 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

shark

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • さめ
  • みずち
Other languages
  • 拼音jiao1
  • 한글gyo
  • Hán-ViệtGiao

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9BAB

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚交

Words using this kanji

  • サメ(さめ)軟骨魚綱板鰓亜綱に属する動物で鰓が体の側面に開くものの総称。 (みずち)水中に潜み、角、四肢をもった蛇に似た姿をした毒を吐いて人を殺す竜の一種。shark
  • 鮫肌さめはだrough skin (like that of a shark)
  • 鮫皮さめがわshagreen (from a shark or stingray), sharkskin, shark leather
  • 鮫鞘さめざやsharkskin scabbard
  • 鮫肌井守さめはだいもりrough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)
  • 鮫肌手長蛸さめはだてながだこstarry night octopus (Octopus luteus)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(76 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-6
Four Corner
2034.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a6.5
Heisig
2836
Nelson
5294