Kanji1 / 11
魚 kanji
fish
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ギョ
Kun readings
うおさかな-ざかな
Words with 魚
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鰐魚crocodile; alligator; crocodilian
- —鰱魚silver carp; bighead carp
- —鰣魚Reeves' shad (Tenualosa reevesii); Chinese shad
- —魚形fish-shaped; fish-like; pisciform
- —魚卵fish eggs; roe; hard roe
- —仔魚larva of fish; larval fish
- —生魚live fish; fresh fish
- —魚菜fish and vegetables; side dishes (e.g. with rice)
- —乾魚dried fish; stockfish
- —魚尾fish tail; outer corner of the eye; marks on Japanese paper indicating the centre line for folding
- —魚膠gelatinous glue made from fish; ichthyocolla; isinglass
- —香魚ayu; sweetfish
- —年魚ayu; sweetfish; annual fish
- —魚探fishfinder
- —魚皮dried fish skin (oft. used as bait for fishing); boiled and dried shark skin (popular ingredient in Chinese cuisine)
- —魚蠟wax made from fish oil; marine wax esters
- —松魚skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
- —池魚pond fish
- —魚雷艇torpedo boat
- —冷凍魚refrigerated fish