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Kanji Detail for 鰱 - "silver carp, bitterling"

  • Meaning

    鰱 means "silver carp, bitterling."

    1. Silver carp - A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae (used in compound 鰱魚).

    2. Bitterling - 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

    silver carp; hypophthalmiathys

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Hypophthalmichthys moritrix

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    silver carp, hypophthalmiathys

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

    A fish name. Fine scales and fat belly. Has white and black varieties. The black kind has a large head. The white kind has a small head. What is colloquially called 鰱魚頭 (silver carp head) is the black silver carp.
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