Kanji Detail for 鮑 - "salted fish, abalone"

鮑

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鮑 means "salted fish, abalone."
1. Salted fish - Fish that has been opened and preserved in salt.
2. Abalone - A marine snail of the family Haliotidae.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

abalone

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

abalone; dried fish; surname

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Bao

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

abalone; dried fish; surname

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

Salted fish. It smells rank and foul. As in 鮑魚之肆 (a shop selling salted fish). A metaphor for a place that is foul and filthy. | The abalone is a shelled creature. Today it is also called 鮑魚.
Onyomi

hoh(ほう)
Kunyomi

awabi
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

魚 (uo・uohen・sakanahen)
Related Keywords
salted fish opened preserved salt abalone marine snail family haliotidae