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鯰 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 19 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
On
ネンねん · nen
Kun
なまずnamazu
Meaning
a catfish (a character coined in Japan)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Coined in Japan from 魚 and 念, thought: the whiskered river fish, once said to cause earthquakes.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鯰なまず

    a catfish

  • 地震じしん

    an earthquake

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

鯰(なまず)が地震(じしん)を起(お)こすという。

They say the catfish causes earthquakes.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

地震地震鯰地ground震quake魞a fish…魸a catf…魴a brea…魬a flat…魳a barr…拈to twi…髥a bear…輾to tur…蠕to squ…年year
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 魚Map of reading ネンAll maps

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