鯰

fresh-water catfish; (kokuji)

19 strokes.

Readings

• なまず (kun reading): 鯰 (なまず) catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); 大鯰 (オオナマズ) ōnamazu (giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes)
• ネン (on reading)

Components

• 魚
• 念
• 一 radical one
• 𠆢 radical person roof
• 心 radical heart
• ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
• 田 radical rice field
• 魚 radical fish

Words using 鯰

• 鯰 (なまず) catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
• 大鯰 (オオナマズ) ōnamazu (giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes)
• 瓢箪鯰 (ひょうたんなまず) (person) slippery as an eel
• 鯰絵 (なまずえ) woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

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