鰊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning

herring

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レン
Kun (native)
  • にしん
Other languages
  • 拼音lian4
  • 한글ryeon
  • Hán-ViệtLiêm

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9C0A

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚柬

Words using this kanji

  • にしん(にしん)ニシン目ニシン科ニシン属に属する海水魚の一種。Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
  • 鰊粕にしんかすdried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)
  • 鰊曇りにしんぐもりcloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
  • 鰊蕎麦にしんそばsoba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-9
Four Corner
2539.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a9.1
Nelson
5309