鱗

23 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

scales (fish)

Kun'yomi
  • うろこ
    		scale (of fish, snake, etc.) ②serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
  • こけ
    		scale (of fish, snake, etc.) ②serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
  • こけら
    		scale (of fish, snake, etc.) ②serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
On'yomi
  • リン

Main Radical

魚(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

リン 50.8%
うろこ 44.4%
こけら 4.8%

Character Breakdown

scales (fish)
リン　うろこ　こけら (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
phosphorus
リン
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
dancing radical (no. 136)
ブ　セン　まい (Kentei Pre-1)
evening
ゆう　セキ　ゆ (1st, N4)
sit or stand astride(跨) variant

Common Words

げき
逆
りん
鱗
one's superior's anger ②imperial wrath
へん
片
りん
鱗
part
りん
鱗
ぷん
粉
(insectile, especially moth) scales
ぎょ
魚
りん
鱗
fish scales
りん
鱗
ぺん
片
(animal or plant) scale
め
目
　
か
　
ら
うろこ
鱗
　
が
お
落
　
ち
　
る
to see the light
め
目
　
か
　
ら
うろこ
鱗
　
の
お
落
　
ち
　
る
revelatory
うろこ
鱗
ひ
引
　
き
fish scaler
み
三
　
つ
うろこ
鱗
mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol)
うろこ
鱗
がた
形
triangular pattern ②triangle emblem
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References

Unicode hex code 9C57
JIS X 0208 1-46-58
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5334
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6923
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2375
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1668
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2054
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2211
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46502
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a13.2
Four corner code 2935.9