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鯨 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

道
3Junior high level ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
On
ゲイげい · gei
Kun
くじらkujira
Meaning
whale

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

魚 "fish" with 京 "vast": a very large sea creature — a whale.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onゲイげいgei鯨油げいゆ捕鯨ほげい
Kunくじらkujira鯨くじら

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鯨油げいゆ

    whale oil

  • 捕鯨ほげい

    whaling

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

沖(おき)で鯨(くじら)の群(む)れを見(み)た。

We saw a pod of whales offshore.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

捕鯨鯨油鯨捕catch油oil魚fish魞a fish…魳a barr…魴a brea…魸a catf…艾mugwor…芸art迎welcom…倪edge猊a lion
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 魚Map of reading ゲイAll maps

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

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