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Zach

Readings

Kana: ホ、ホウ、あわび
Romaji: ho, hou, awabi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

abalone

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-5
Korean Reading:  po
Chinese Reading:  bao4
Unicode:  9b91
JIS:  723A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5284
New Nelson Index: 6851
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a5.4
Four Corner Index: 2731.2
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46074
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0743

Words

(あわび、アワビ)
abalone; ear shell
鮑の貝の片思い (あわびのかいのかたおもい)
secret, unrequited love
鮑魚 (ほうぎょ)
salt-cured fish
鮑熨斗 (あわびのし)
dried stretched abalone flesh
熨斗鮑 (のしあわび)
thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
鮑の片思い (あわびのかたおもい)
secret, unrequited love
鮑結び (あわびむすび)
var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki; woman's hairstyle, braided in this fashion
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