鰯
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
sardine, (kokuji)
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- Kun (native)
- いわし
- Other languages
- 拼音ruo4
- 한글yag
- Hán-ViệtNhược
Basics
- Strokes
- 21 strokes
- Radical
- 魚(うお)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+9C2F
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚弱
Words using this kanji
- 鰯いわし(いわし) ニシン目のうちイワシ類の海水魚の総称。pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine
- 鰯雲いわしぐもcirrocumulus cloud, mackerel sky
- 鰯鯨いわしくじらsei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- 鰯油いわしゆpilchard oil, sardine oil
- 鰯節いわしぶしdried, smoked pilchard, shavings from dried, smoked pilchard
- 鰯滓いわしかすfish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer), sardine meal
- 鰯酸いわしさんclupanodonic acid
- 鰯の頭も信心からいわしのあたまもしんじんから一旦信じてしまえば、どんなものでもありがたく思えるということ。江戸期、節分に鬼除けのため、玄関先に鰯の頭を吊るす習慣があり、それに由来するという説が有力。faith is mysterious, faith is weird
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-11-10- Four Corner
2732.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a10.3- Heisig
- 2828
- Nelson
- 5318