鯱
fabulous dolphin-like fish; killer whale; (kokuji)
19 strokes.
Readings
- しゃち (kun reading): 金鯱 (きんしゃち) golden shachihoko (ornament); 金の鯱 (きんのしゃち) golden shachihoko (ornament)
- しゃちほこ (kun reading): 鯱瓦 (しゃちほこがわら) ridge-end tile with the figure of a shachihoko (e.g. on a castle)
Components
- 魚
- 虎
- 儿 radical legs
- 匕 radical spoon
- 卜 radical divination
- 厂 radical cliff
- ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火
- 田 radical rice field
- 虍 radical tiger
- 魚 radical fish