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鰹

鰹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かつお。
  2. タイワンドジョウ科の淡水魚。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「魚」+音符「堅」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

bonito

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • かつお
Other languages
  • 拼音jian1
  • 한글gyeon
  • Hán-ViệtKiên

Basics

Strokes
23 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+9C39

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚堅

Words using this kanji

  • 鰹カツオ魚の一種であるかつおの学術的表記。skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 鰹節かつおぶし鰹の身を煮て黴を付着させ、乾燥させて固くしたもの。多くは削って調味料として使う。katsuobushi
  • 鰹木かつおぎ社殿や宮殿の棟木に直角に置かれる鰹節に似た装飾の木材。log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
  • 鰹鳥かつおどりbooby (esp. the brown booby, Sula leucogaster), gannet
  • 鰹鯨かつおくじらEden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni), Bryde's whale
  • 鰹節虫かつおぶしむし甲虫目カツオブシ科に属する甲虫の総称。学名:Dermestidae。dermestid beetle
  • 鰹だしかつおだし(dried) bonito stock
  • 鰹の塩辛かつおのしおからsalted fermented bonito guts
  • 鰹の烏帽子かつおのえぼしPortuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-12
Four Corner
2731.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a12.1
Heisig
2837
Nelson
5327