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鮭

鮭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning

salmon

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. （中国古義）（黄河に棲む）ふぐ。
  2. （中国廃語）食用とする魚
  3. （日本、及びおそらくその影響を受けた現代中国）さけ。
  4. （閩南語）塩辛。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「圭」。一種の魚を指す漢語｛鮭｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
  • ケイ
Kun (native)
  • さけ
  • しゃけ
  • ふぐ
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese readings
  • 拼音gui1
  • 한글hae
  • 한글gyu
  • Hán-ViệtKhuê
  • Hán-ViệtHài

Basics

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

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚圭

Words using this kanji

  • 鮭さけsalmon (Salmonidae spp.), chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), dog salmon(さけ): 魚の一種。さけを参照。サーモンともいう。
  • 鮭漁さけりょうsalmon fishing
  • 鮭缶さけかんcanned salmon, tinned salmon
  • 鮭児けいじkeiji
  • 鮭とばさけとばsalmon jerky, dried salmon, cured salmon
  • 鮭大根さけだいこんdish of salmon and daikon
  • 鮭茶漬けさけちゃづけchazuke with salmon

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Example sentences

  • 鮭を３切れ下さい。

    Give me three pieces of salmon.

  • 私の好きな魚は鮭です。

    My favorite fish is salmon.

  • 鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。

    Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.

Sentences and translations come from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), shortest first.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-6
Four Corner
2431.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a6.3
Heisig
2830
Nelson
5291