漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鮎: freshwater trout, smelt
JLPT N116 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
魚 carries the meaning · 占 is drawn in
16 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
あゆayu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鮎あゆayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
- 落鮎おちあゆsweetfish going downstream to spawn (in…
- 稚鮎ちあゆyoung sweetfish; young ayu
Also read デン, ネン, なまず, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch the fish dart through the clear stream! The top stroke is the pointed head, the central box shows the shimmering scales of its body, and the dots at the bottom are the fins propelling it through the water.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read デン
5 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ネン
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side鮎 freshwater trout · 占
vs漁 fishing · 氵In ChineseSimplified 鲇 · traditional, as in Japanese · nián
Japan keeps the traditional form 鮎; mainland China simplifies it to 鲇.
- Simplified
- 鲇 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鮎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin nián most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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