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魚 : Fish (radical 195)

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Components:
田灬

fish (radical 195)

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

淡水魚(たんすいぎょ)freshwater fish
岩魚(イワナ)
嘉魚(イワナ)
char, charr
軟骨魚類(なんこつぎょるい)cartilaginous fishes, chondrichthyans
魚を取る(さかなをとる)
魚をとる(さかなをとる)
魚を捕る(さかなをとる)
魚を獲る(さかなをとる)
魚を穫る(さかなをとる)
to catch fish
旬の魚(しゅんのさかな)fish in season
観賞魚(かんしょうぎょ)aquarium fish
魚雷発射管(ぎょらいはっしゃかん)torpedo tube
金魚屋(きんぎょや)goldfish seller (vendor)
出世魚(しゅっせうお)fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
魚籠(びく)(wicker) basket used for carrying fish, creel
公魚(ワカサギ)Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
硬骨魚(こうこつぎょ)bony fish, osteichthyan
柳葉魚(シシャモ)shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus)
ホーミング魚雷(ホーミングぎょらい)homing torpedo
花虎魚(はなおこぜ)sargassum fish
虱目魚(サバヒー)milkfish (Chanos chanos)
玉筋魚(イカナゴ)Japanese sand lance (Ammodytes personatus), Pacific sandeel
魚の食い(さかなのくい)fish biting (striking, taking bait)
人間魚雷回天(にんげんぎょらいかいてん)kaiten, human torpedo in WW2
魚体(ぎょたい)fish body
木に縁って魚を求む(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)
魚料理(さかなりょうり)fish-based cooking, fish dish
遡河魚(さっかぎょ)
溯河魚(さっかぎょ)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
洗魚(あらい)sashimi chilled in iced water
沈魚落雁(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
氷魚(ひお)whitebait, immature sweetfish
赤魚鯛(アコウダイ)red rockfish, red scorpionfish
真魚箸(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
金魚掬い(きんぎょすくい)festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
大衆魚(たいしゅうぎょ)cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
金魚売り(きんぎょうり)goldfish peddling, goldfish peddler
木に縁りて魚を求む(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
魚心(うおごころ)favor done for somebody
魚醤(ぎょしょう)fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
魚醤油(うおしょうゆ)fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
大魚(たいぎょ)large fish
金魚の糞(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
外来魚(がいらいぎょ)introduced (non-native) fish species
御魚(オトト)fish
樺太柳葉魚(からふとシシャモ)capelin, caplin (Mallotus villosus)
網呑舟の魚を漏らす(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