鮭

17 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

salmon

Kun'yomi
  • さけ
    		salmon (Salmonidae spp.) ②chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
  • しゃけ
    		salmon (Salmonidae spp.) ②chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
  • ふぐ
On'yomi
  • カイ
  • ケイ

Main Radical

魚(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さけ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

salmon
さけ　カイ　ケイ (Kentei Pre-1)
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ　ケ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

さけ
鮭
salmon (Salmonidae spp.) ②chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
べに
紅
ざけ
鮭
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
しお
塩
ざけ
鮭
salted salmon
さけ
鮭
ちゃ
茶
づ
漬
　
け
chazuke with salmon
さけ
鮭
りょう
漁
salmon fishing
なま
生
ざけ
鮭
fresh salmon ②raw salmon
さけ
鮭
かん
缶
canned salmon
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References

Unicode hex code 9BAD
JIS X 0208 1-26-90
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5291
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6859
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2815
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2830
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2671
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46132
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a6.3
Four corner code 2431.4