Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
fish
Parts:
freshwater trout, smelt
Kun:
あゆなまず
On:
デンネン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2201 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鮎 【アユ】 sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis), ayu, salmon

Kun reading compounds

  • 鮎 【あゆ】 sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis), ayu, salmon
  • 鮎掛け 【あゆかけ】 fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)
  • 琉球鮎 【りゅうきゅうあゆ】 Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
  • 若鮎 【わかあゆ】 young sweetfish

Readings

Japanese names:
あい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • trucha

Portuguese

French

5288 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2547 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2270 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1209 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46070 Morohashi
1876 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6855 New Nelson (John Haig)
2817 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2832 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-5 SKIP code
2136.0 Four corner code
1-16-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b8e Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • にぎり寿司 【ニギリズシ】 nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood
  • 回転寿司 【カイテンズシ】 conveyor belt sushi, sushi-go-round, sushi train, kaiten-zushi

Kun reading compounds

  • 寿司 【すし】 sushi, range of dishes made with vinegared rice combined with fish, vegetables, egg, etc.
  • すし酢 【すしず】 seasoned vinegar used for preparing sushi rice
  • 回転寿司 【かいてんずし】 conveyor belt sushi, sushi-go-round, sushi train, kaiten-zushi

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
ji, gi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5293 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
46123 Morohashi
6862 New Nelson (John Haig)
2826 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2841 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2578 2001 Kanji
11a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-6 SKIP code
2136.1 Four corner code
1-82-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ba8 Unicode hex code