お
落
　
ち
あゆ
鮎

noun

  1. sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
お
落
　
ち
あゆ
鮎
 落ち鮎 おちあゆ
おち
落
あゆ
鮎
 落鮎 おちあゆ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fall, drop, come down
お.ちる　ラク　おち (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
Kyoto, the capital
ラク (Kentei Pre-1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
each, every, either
カク　おのおの　かか (4th, N2)
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ　しゅう (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
freshwater trout, smelt
あゆ　あい　デン (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
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
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting
うらな.う　セン　し.める (7th, N2)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)