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鰯 — 21 strokes ／ Radical「魚」

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いわしiwashi
Meaning
sardine

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Fish 魚 with 弱 "weak", a character made in Japan: the fish that spoils easily — the sardine.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鰯いわし

    sardine

  • 鰯雲いわしぐも

    cirrocumulus; mackerel sky

More words with this kanji

  • 柊鰯ひいらぎいわし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

秋(あき)の空(そら)に鰯雲(いわしぐも)が広(ひろ)がっていた。

Cirrocumulus clouds spread across the autumn sky.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鰯雲鰯雲cloud魯dull鮒crucia…鮎sweetf…鮫shark鮭salmon
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Compound

Map of radical 魚All maps

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

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