鯀 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 伝説上の魚類の名とされる。
  2. 人名。の父。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。甲骨文字や金文では「魚」と「糸」(と「又」)に従い、魚釣りの形。「鯀/*kɫˤunʔ/」は{綸釣り糸}の表意文字である。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

large mythical fish, proper name

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コン
Other languages
  • 拼音gun3
  • 한글gon
  • Hán-ViệtCổn

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9BC0

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚系

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-7
Four Corner
2239.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a7.4