魚
fish
11 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1208.
Readings
- さかな (kun reading): 魚 (さかな) fish; 魚釣り (さかなつり) fishing
- ギョ (on reading): 魚雷 (ぎょらい) torpedo; 魚類 (ぎょるい) fish
- うお (kun reading): 魚座 (うおざ) Pisces (constellation); 太刀魚 (たちうお) largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)
- ざかな (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 雑魚 (ざこ) small fish; 秋刀魚 (さんま) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); 雑魚寝 (ざこね) (many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room
Components
Kanji containing 魚
- 鮮 fresh
- 漁 fishing
- 鯨 whale
- 蘇 be resuscitated
- 魯 foolish
- 鮎 freshwater trout
- 鮫 shark
- 鯉 carp
- 鯛 sea bream
- 鮭 salmon
- 鱒 salmon trout
- 鱗 scales (fish)
- 魴 type of sea bream
- 薊 thistle
- 鮃 flounder
- 鮑 abalone
- 鮒 carp
- 鮓 sushi
- 鮖 bullhead
- 鮗 gizzard shad
- 鮟 angler-fish
- 鮠 dace (carp)
- 鮨 sushi
- 鮪 tuna
- 鮴 bullhead
- 鮹 octopus
- 鯀 large mythical fish
- 鯆 type of herring
- 鯊 goby (fish)
- 鯏 short necked clam
- 鯑 yellow fish (herring) eggs (sushi)
- 鯒 flathead (fish)
- 蘓 be resurrected
- 鯔 mullet (fish)
- 鯖 mackerel
- 鯡 herring
- 鯢 salamander
- 鯣 cuttlefish
- 鯤 large mythical fish
- 鯰 fresh-water catfish
- 鯱 fabulous dolphin-like fish
- 鯲 loach
- 鯵 horse mackerel
- 鰄 a type of fish
- 鰆 Spanish mackerel
- 鰈 sole
- 鰉 sturgeon
- 鰊 herring
- 鰌 loach (fish)
- 鰍 bullhead
- 鰐 alligator
- 鰒 abalone
- 鰓 gills
- 鰔 flatfish
- 鰕 shrimp
- 鰛 sardine
- 鰡 type of fish
- 鰤 yellowtail
- 鰥 widower
- 鰭 fin
And 16 more.
Words using 魚
- 魚 (さかな) fish
- 魚釣り (さかなつり) fishing
- 焼き魚 (やきざかな) grilled fish
- 生魚 (なまざかな) raw fish
- 小魚 (こざかな) small fish
- 魚雷 (ぎょらい) torpedo
- 魚類 (ぎょるい) fish
- 金魚 (きんぎょ) goldfish (Carassius auratus)
- 人魚 (にんぎょ) mermaid
- 魚雷発射管 (ぎょらいはっしゃかん) torpedo tube
- 雑魚 (ざこ) small fish
- 秋刀魚 (さんま) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
- 雑魚寝 (ざこね) (many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room
- 紙魚 (しみ) true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
- 雑魚キャラ (ざこキャラ) background character (in a manga, anime, etc.)
- 魚座 (うおざ) Pisces (constellation)
- 太刀魚 (たちうお) largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus)
- 魚市場 (うおいちば) fish market
- 山椒魚 (サンショウウオ) salamander
- 若魚 (わかうお) young fish
- 糸魚川静岡構造線 (いといがわしずおかこうぞうせん) Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line
- 勇魚 (いさな) whale
- 真魚箸 (まなばし) type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish
- 魚翅 (ユイチー) shark fin
- 若魚子 (ワカナゴ) young Japanese amberjack (Seriola quinqueradiata)
240 words in all.