鰲 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 22 strokes

Stroke order

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

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「敖」。「鼇」の異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

huge sea turtle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゴウ
Kun (native)
  • おおがめ
Other languages
  • 拼音ao2
  • 한글o
  • Hán-ViệtNgao

Basics

Strokes
22 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9C32

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱敖魚

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-11-11
Four Corner
5833.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4h22.1