鯸 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 20 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふぐ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「侯」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

blowfish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • ふぐ
Other languages
  • 拼音hou2
  • Hán-ViệtHầu

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+9BF8

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚侯

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Lookup codes

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1-11-9