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Kanji Detail for 鰣 - "shad, zacco"

鰣

  • Meaning

    鰣 means "shad, zacco."

    1. Shad - A fish of the family Clupeidae (used in compound 鰣魚).

    2. Zacco - A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae (Japanese usage).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    Reeves' shad; hilsa herring

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    Reeves' shad (Tenualosa reevesii); ilish, hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha)

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    used in 鰣魚|鲥鱼[shi2 yu2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    Reeves' shad; hilsa herring

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

    A fish name. Flat and long shape. Silver-white color. Meat has many fine bones. Very delicious. Appears in rivers in early summer each year. Dies immediately upon leaving water.
  • Onyomitip

    ji(じ) じ

    shi(し) し

  • Kunyomitip

    hasu(はす) はす

    konoshiro konoshiro

  • Strokestip

    21 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    魚 (uo・uohen・sakanahen)

  • Related Keywords
    shad fish family clupeidae zacco freshwater cyprinidae
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