鰊

20 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

herring

Kun'yomi
  • にしん
    		Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
On'yomi
  • レン

Main Radical

魚(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

にしん 100.0%

Character Breakdown

herring
にしん　レン (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
select, pick out
カン　ケン　えら.ぶ (Kentei 1)
bundle, sheaf, ream
ソク　たば　つか (4th, N3)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

にしん
鰊
ぐも
曇
　
り
cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
にしん
鰊
かす
粕
dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)
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References

Unicode hex code 9C0A
JIS X 0208 1-82-57
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5309
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6893
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46325
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a9.1
Four corner code 2539.6