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魸 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
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ナマズなまず · namazu
Kun
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Meaning
a catfish (a character coined in Japan)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Coined in Japan from 魚 and 片, a piece: the whiskered river fish, a catfish.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 魸なまず

    a catfish

  • 鯰なまず

    the usual writing

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

魸が泥(どろ)の底(そこ)にひそむ。

The catfish lurks at the muddy bottom.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鯰魸鯰a catf…魞a fish…魳a barr…魴a brea…魬a flat…鮓sushi
CompoundRadical

Compound

Map of radical 魚Map of reading ナマズAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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