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ι―¨
JLPT N1 19 strokes Frequency: #1486

Meanings

Whale

Radicals

魚

Decomposition

⿰魚京

Etymology

Pictophonetic: fish

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 19

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 corner right-to-left
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 corner bottom-to-top
5 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
6 horizontal bottom-to-top
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 dot bottom-to-top
9 dot bottom-to-top
10 dot bottom-to-top
11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
12 vertical right-to-left
13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
16 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
17 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
18 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
19 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚²γ‚€ gei
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
γγ˜γ‚‰ kujira

Words Using This Kanji

64 words total
Other (20 words)
ε·¨ι―¨ きょげい

huge whale

ι―¨ιͺ¨ げいこ぀

whale bone

γƒŸγƒ³γ‚―ι―¨ γƒŸγƒ³γ‚―γγ˜γ‚‰

minke whale

ε›½ιš›ζ•ι―¨ε§”ε“‘δΌš こくさいほげいいいんかい

International Whaling Commission

ε…‹ι―¨ コククジラ

gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

子鯨 γ“γγ˜γ‚‰

whale calf

ε·¨ι ­ι―¨ γ”γ‚“γ©γ†γγ˜γ‚‰

larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)

扇歯鯨 γŠγ†γŽγ―γγ˜γ‚‰

Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)

ζ­―ι―¨ γ―γγ˜γ‚‰

toothed whale

δΊ”ε³Άι―¨ γ”γ¨γ†γγ˜γ‚‰

larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

鯨鑞 げいるい

cetaceans

鯨汁 γγ˜γ‚‰γ˜γ‚‹

whale soup

ε—θƒŒηΎŽι―¨ みγͺγΏγ›γΏγγ˜γ‚‰

southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)

ε€§θ₯Ώζ΄‹θƒŒηΎŽι―¨ γŸγ„γ›γ„γ‚ˆγ†γ›γΏγγ˜γ‚‰

North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

θƒŒδΉΎι―¨ γ›γ³γγ˜γ‚‰

North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

εŒ—ζ₯΅ι―¨ γ»γ£γγ‚‡γγγ˜γ‚‰

bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus)

ι―¨εΈ― γγ˜γ‚‰γŠγ³

obi with a different colour on each side

ζ•ι―¨ε•ι‘Œ ほげいもんだい

whaling controversy

反捕鯨 はんほげい

opposition to whaling

γƒšγƒͺン扇歯鯨 γƒšγƒͺγƒ³γŠγ†γŽγ―γγ˜γ‚‰

Perrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)