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Kanji Detail for 鯢 - "giant salamander, female whale, small fish"

  • Meaning

    鯢 means "giant salamander, female whale, small fish."

    1. Giant salamander - An amphibian living in mountain streams and wetlands.

    2. Female whale - A cow whale (while 鯨 refers to a bull whale).

    3. Small fish - A tiny fish.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    salamander; female whale; small fish; old person's teeth

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Cryptobranchus japonicus; a salamander

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Cryptobranchus japonicus; salamander

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    salamander; Cryptobranchus japonicus

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

    The female of the whale is called 鯢.
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