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้ญš
JLPT N4 SL2 11 strokes Frequency: #1208

Meanings

Fish

Radicals

้ญš

Decomposition

โฟฑโฟฑโบˆ็”ฐ็ฌ

Etymology

Pictographic: A fish swimming upwards

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 corner right-to-left
3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 vertical top-to-bottom
6 horizontal left-to-right
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 dot bottom-to-top
9 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
11 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ใ‚ฎใƒง gyo
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ใ•ใ‹ใช sakana
ใ†ใŠ uo

Words Using This Kanji

248 words total
Other (20 words)
่ตค็›ฎ้ญš ใ‚ใชใ 

redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)

่ตค้ญš ใ‚ใ‹ใ†ใŠ

Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus)

้—˜้ญš ใจใ†ใŽใ‚‡

fighting fish

่กฃ้ญš่™ซ ใ—ใฟใ‚€ใ—

true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)

่ฅฟๆด‹็ด™้ญš ใ›ใ„ใ‚ˆใ†ใ—ใฟ

silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)

ๅคงๅ’Œ็ด™้ญš ใ‚„ใพใจใ—ใฟ

Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa)

้ญšๅ ใ†ใŠใธใ‚“

kanji "fish" radical at left

้ญš็”ฐ ใŽใ‚‡ใงใ‚“

skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked

้’้ญš ใ‚ใŠใ–ใ‹ใช

blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

้ญš้ณฅ ใŽใ‚‡ใกใ‚‡ใ†

fishes and birds

ๆพๆฏฌ้ญš ใพใคใ‹ใ•ใ†ใŠ

Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)

ๆฐด้ญš ใ™ใ„ใŽใ‚‡

water and fish

ๆฐด้ญšใฎไบคใ‚ใ‚Š ใ™ใ„ใŽใ‚‡ใฎใพใ˜ใ‚ใ‚Š

close friendship

้‡‘้ญš่—ป ใใ‚“ใŽใ‚‡ใ‚‚

Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

ๅ…‰ๅญ้ญš้›ท ใ“ใ†ใ—ใŽใ‚‡ใ‚‰ใ„

photon torpedo

ๅŒ้ญšๅฎฎ ใใ†ใŽใ‚‡ใใ‚…ใ†

Pisces (12th zodiacal sign)

้™ๆฒณ้ญš ใ“ใ†ใ‹ใŽใ‚‡

catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)

ๆ˜‡ๆต้ญš ใ—ใ‚‡ใ†ใ‚Šใ‚…ใ†ใŽใ‚‡

anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

ๅฏŒ้ญš ใจใฟใ‚ˆ

Amur stickleback (Pungitius sinensis)

้™ๆต้ญš ใ“ใ†ใ‚Šใ‚…ใ†ใŽใ‚‡

catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)