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Kanji Detail for 漁 - "fishing"

漁

  • Meaning

    漁 means "fishing." Also associated with to seek greedily.

    1. Fish - To catch fish.

    2. Fishing - The activity of catching fish.

    3. Seek greedily - To hunt for gain.

  • Words using 漁

    • 漁業 ぎょぎょう Listen fishing industry; fishery
    • 漁船 ぎょせん Listen fishing boat
    • 漁獲 ぎょかく Listen fishery; fishing; catch
    • 漁師 りょうし Listen fisherman
    • 漁民 ぎょみん Listen fishermen
    • 漁港 ぎょこう Listen fishing harbour; fishing harbor
    • 漁村 ぎょそん Listen fishing village
    • 漁場 ぎょじょう Listen fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone

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    • Verified meaning: fishing
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あさり, いさり, すなどり, りょう)
    • Also carries these associations: to seek greedily

    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.

  • Name readings of 漁

    Surnames 漁(あさり)Listen 漁(いさり)Listen 漁(すなどり)Listen 漁(りょう)Listen 漁(りょうざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fishing; fishery

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    to fish; seize; pursue; surname

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    fisherman; to fish

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    fisherman; to fish; to pursue; to sieze

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To catch fish. | To seize indiscriminately is called 漁. Profiting from something is called 漁利.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gyo(ギョ) ギョ

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    asa.ru(あさ-る) あさ-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    fishing to seek greedily fish catch aquatic boat net harvest hunt marine ocean river lake seafood water

Sentences including 漁

  • Two dogs fight for a bone, and the third runs away with it.

  • We're fishermen.

  • A third party makes off with the profits.

  • A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.

  • The ayu season has opened.

  • Someone else profits from the situation.

  • A fishing boat put off just now.

  • The big ship rammed the fishing boat.

  • The fisherman cast his line into the water.

  • The fishermen cast their nets into the sea.

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