20 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

loach (fish)

Kun'yomi
  • じょ
    loach (any fish of family Cobitidae) ②weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
On'yomi
  • シュ
  • シュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

loach (fish)
シュ シュウ どじょう (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
chieftain
シュウ ジュ おさ (Kentei Pre-1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
west, bird, sign of the bird
とり ユウ なが (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
west, Spain
にし サイ セイ (2nd, N5)
high & level, lofty, bald
コツ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

References

Unicode hex code 9C0C
JIS X 0208 1-82-53
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5314
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6899
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46330
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a9.14
Four corner code 2836.1