鯰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

fresh-water catfish, (kokuji)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ネン
Kun (native)
  • なまず
Other languages
  • 拼音nian2
  • 拼音nian3
  • 한글yeom
  • Hán-ViệtNiêm
  • Hán-ViệtNiềm

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9BF0

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚念

Words using this kanji

  • なまずcatfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus), earthquake
  • 鯰絵なまずえwoodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-8
Four Corner
2833.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a8.8
Nelson
5300