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魚 : Fish (radical 195)

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fish (radical 195)

On 'yomi:
ギョ(gyo)
Kun 'yomi:
うお(uo) さかな(sakana) -ざかな(zakana)
Nanori:
(i)
Strokes:11
Radical: (195)
Usage Rating:1208
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:4
Grade:2
Unicode:09b5a
jis208:21-91
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魚 Usage examples

淡水(たんすいぎょ)freshwater fish
(イワナ)
(イワナ)
char, charr
軟骨(なんこつぎょるい)cartilaginous fishes, chondrichthyans
を取る(さかなをとる)
をとる(さかなをとる)
を捕る(さかなをとる)
を獲る(さかなをとる)
を穫る(さかなをとる)
to catch fish
旬の(しゅんのさかな)fish in season
観賞(かんしょうぎょ)aquarium fish
雷発射管(ぎょらいはっしゃかん)torpedo tube
(きんぎょや)goldfish seller (vendor)
出世(しゅっせうお)fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
(びく)(wicker) basket used for carrying fish, creel
(ワカサギ)Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
硬骨(こうこつぎょ)bony fish, osteichthyan
柳葉(シシャモ)shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
ホーミング(ホーミングぎょらい)homing torpedo
花虎(はなおこぜ)sargassum fish
虱目(サバヒー)milkfish (Chanos chanos)
玉筋(イカナゴ)Japanese sand lance (Ammodytes personatus), Pacific sandeel
の食い(さかなのくい)fish biting (striking, taking bait)
人間雷回天(にんげんぎょらいかいてん)kaiten, human torpedo in WW2
(ぎょたい)fish body
木に縁ってを求む(きによってうおをもとむ)to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)
料理(さかなりょうり)fish-based cooking, fish dish
遡河(さっかぎょ)
溯河(さっかぎょ)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
(あらい)sashimi chilled in iced water
落雁(ちんぎょらくがん)charms of a uniquely beautiful woman, (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
(ひお)whitebait, immature sweetfish
(アコウダイ)red rockfish, red scorpionfish
(まなばし)type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish, type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony
掬い(きんぎょすくい)festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
大衆(たいしゅうぎょ)cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
売り(きんぎょうり)goldfish peddling, goldfish peddler
木に縁りてを求む(きによりてうおをもとむ)to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree
(うおごころ)favor done for somebody
(ぎょしょう)fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
醤油(うおしょうゆ)fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
(たいぎょ)large fish
の糞(きんぎょのうんこ)person who tags along, hanger-on, person who follows someone around like a shadow, clingy person, goldfish feces
外来(がいらいぎょ)introduced (non-native) fish species
(オトト)fish
樺太柳葉(からふとシシャモ)capelin, caplin (Mallotus villosus)
網呑舟のを漏らす(あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす)(of a legal system) so lax that even the greatest criminal can escape