鯰 — 19 strokes ／ Radical「魚」
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- On
- ネン
- Kun
- なまず
- Meaning
- a catfish (a character coined in Japan)
Origin
Coined in Japan from 魚 and 念, thought: the whiskered river fish, once said to cause earthquakes.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 鯰なまず
a catfish
- 地震じしん
an earthquake
Example
鯰が地震を起こすという。
They say the catfish causes earthquakes.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)