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Kentei exam level 1

horse mackerel

Kun'yomi
  • horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus)
On'yomi
  • ソウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あじ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

horse mackerel
あじ ソウ (Kentei 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
nonplussed, three (in documents), going
サン まい.る シン (4th, N3)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

split and dried saurel
horse mackerel, cut open and dried
horse mackerel caught in autumn
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References

Unicode hex code 9BF5
JIS X 0208 1-16-19
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6875
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2818
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2833
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a11.2
Four corner code 2332.2