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鰓

鰓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. えら。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「思」。「えら」を意味する漢語｛鰓｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

gills, gill slits

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サイ
  • シ
Kun (native)
  • えら
Other languages
  • 拼音sai1
  • 拼音xi3
  • 한글sae
  • Hán-ViệtTai

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9C13

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚思

Words using this kanji

  • 鰓えら魚などの水生動物が、水中の酸素を取りこみ、体内の二酸化炭素を排出して呼吸するための器官。 人のの端、耳の下の角張った部分。gills, branchia, angle of the mandible, gonial angle
  • 鰓蓋えらぶた魚類の頭部後方の左右にあり、鰓を保護する薄い板状の部分。gill cover, operculum
  • 鰓孔えらあなgill slit, pharyngeal slit
  • 鰓裂さいれつgill slit
  • 鰓弓さいきゅうbranchial arch, gill arch
  • 鰓弁さいべんgill lamella, branchial lamella, gill filament
  • 鰓板さいばんgill plate, branchial plate, gill lamella, branchial lamella
  • 鰓嚢さいのうgill sac, branchial sac, branchial pouch, inner branchial groove

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-9
Four Corner
2633.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a9.7
Nelson
5315