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鰐

鰐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. わに。爬虫類の一種。
  2. （日本,古用法）わに。軟骨魚類の一種。さめ。ふか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「咢」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

alligator, crocodile

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ガク
Kun (native)
  • わに
Other languages
  • 拼音e4
  • 한글ag
  • Hán-ViệtNgạc

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9C10

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚咢

Words using this kanji

  • 鰐わにcrocodile, alligator, shark
  • 鰐口わにぐちwide mouth, alligator, temple gong
  • 鰐鮫わにざめferocious shark
  • 鰐皮わにがわcrocodile or alligator skin (hide)
  • 鰐亀わにがめalligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii)
  • 鰐鱛わにえそwanieso lizardfish (Saurida wanieso)
  • 鰐梨わになしavocado (Persea americana), alligator pear
  • 鰐魚がくぎょcrocodile, alligator, crocodilian

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(21 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-9
Four Corner
2632.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a9.5
Heisig
2839
Nelson
5317