鮎
freshwater trout; smelt
16 strokes. Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names. Newspaper frequency rank 2201.
Readings
- あゆ (kun reading): 鮎 (あゆ) ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); 鮎釣り (あゆつり) ayu fishing
- デン (on reading)
- ネン (on reading): 瓢鮎図 (ひょうねんず) Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)
- なまず (kun reading)
Components
- 魚
- 占
- 卜 radical divination
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
- 田 radical rice field
- 魚 radical fish
Words using 鮎
- 鮎 (あゆ) ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)
- 鮎釣り (あゆつり) ayu fishing
- 鮎漁 (あゆりょう) fishing for ayu
- 若鮎 (わかあゆ) young sweetfish
- 落ち鮎 (おちあゆ) sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
- 瓢鮎図 (ひょうねんず) Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)
8 words in all.