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Kanji Detail for 鯨 - "whale"
鯨
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Meaning
鯨 means "whale."
Whale - A large mammal of the order Cetacea.
Male whale - The male of whales; female is called "gei."
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Words using 鯨
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捕鯨
ほげい
whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing
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捕鯨
ほげい
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Four-character idioms with 鯨
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鯨飲馬食
げいいんばしょく
drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor
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鯨飲馬食
げいいんばしょく
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Tattoo check: 鯨
- Verified meaning: whale
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read いさな, くじら)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 鯨
Given names 鯨(いさな)
Surnames 鯨(くじら)
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Compare with other kanji that mean the same thing:
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
whale
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
whale
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
whale
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
whale
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The largest animal in the world. Externally resembles a fish but is actually a mammal. Large ones are eighty to ninety feet long. Mostly inhabit the North Pacific. In autumn when northern seas are cold, they follow currents southward. Found along the Shandong coast. Their forelimbs are entirely fin-shaped. No hind limbs. Flat tail. Nostrils on top. They regularly surface to exhale air, which from a distance looks like spraying mist. Meat and skin are edible. Fat can be made into oil with many uses.
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