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鮮 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

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4Junior high level ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
あざ(やか)aza(yaka)
Meaning
fresh; vivid

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

魚 "fish" and 羊 "sheep" together: as fresh as newly caught fish or lamb — fresh, vivid.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen鮮魚せんぎょ鮮明せんめい新鮮しんせん
Kunあざやかazayaka鮮やかだあざやかだ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 新鮮しんせん

    fresh

  • 鮮明せんめい

    clear; vivid

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

市場(しじょう)で新鮮(しんせん)な魚(さかな)を買(か)った。

I bought fresh fish at the market.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

新鮮鮮明鮮新new明bright魚fish魞a fish…魳a barr…魸a catf…魴a brea…占occupy扇fan川river千thousa…刋to cut
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Compound

Map of radical 魚Map of reading センAll maps

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

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