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Readings

Kana: カイ、ケイ、さけ、しゃけ、ふぐ
Romaji: kai, kei, sake, shake, fugu
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

salmon

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  195
Frequency:  2477
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-6
Korean Reading:  gyu
Chinese Reading:  gui1
Unicode:  9bad
JIS:  3A7A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5291
New Nelson Index: 6859
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a6.3
Four Corner Index: 2431.4
Japanese Names Index: 2671
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46132
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0743
Remembering the kanji Index: 2815
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2830

Words

(さけ、しゃけ、サケ)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
鮭茶づけ (さけちゃづけ)
chadzuke with salmon powder
紅鮭 (べにざけ、ベニザケ)
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); red salmon
白鮭 (しろざけ、シロザケ)
chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
焼き鮭 (やきさけ、やきしゃけ)
cooked salmon
塩鮭 (しおざけ)
salted salmon
鮭漁 (さけりょう)
salmon fishing
燻鮭 (いぶしざけ)
smoked salmon; lox
大西洋鮭 (たいせいようさけ、タイセイヨウサケ)
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salmar)
生鮭 (なまじゃけ)
fresh salmon; unsalted salmon; raw salmon
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