Kanji Detail for 鰹 - "bonito"

鰹

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

鰹 means "bonito."
1. Fish name - A type of fish.
2. Bonito - A fish of the family Scombridae (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

bonito

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

skipjack, bonito

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

bonito

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

skipjack, bonito
Onyomi

ken(ケン)
Kunyomi

katsuo(かつお)
Strokes

22 strokes
Radical

魚 (uo・uohen・sakanahen)
Related Keywords

bonito skipjack fish

小さい頃は、母が鰹節を削る音で目が覚めていました。
When I was little, I used to wake up to the sound of my mother shaving katsuobushi.
江戸っ子にとって、初鰹は借金しても食べるべきものだった。
For the residents of Edo, the first bonito of the year was something that had to be bought, even if it meant borrowing money.