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Kanji Detail for 鮫 - "shark, water dragon"
鮫
- Meaning
鮫 means "shark, water dragon."
Shark - A large fish with sharp teeth and thick skin.
Water dragon - An imaginary serpent-like creature.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
shark
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
shark
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) shark
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
shark
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A fish name. Thick black skin. No scales. Skin surface is extremely rough. When peeled off, it can be used to polish bone and horn objects. Snout protrudes. Mouth is under the jaw. Behind the eyes are two water-spouting holes. Both pectoral and ventral fins are large like wings. The upper lobe of the tail fin is especially long. The lower lobe is shorter. Dried, it becomes shark fin, a precious delicacy. Found in tropical oceans. Large ones are one to two zhang long. Also called 沙魚 (sand fish).
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