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Readings

Kana: セイ、ショウ、さば
Romaji: sei, shō, saba
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mackerel

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-8
Korean Reading:  cheong
Chinese Reading:  zheng1
Unicode:  9bd6
JIS:  3B2A

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5301
New Nelson Index: 6883
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a8.6
Four Corner Index: 2532.7
Japanese Names Index: 2830
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46210X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0751
Remembering the kanji Index: 2820
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2835

Words

(さば、サバ)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
丸鯖 (まるさば、マルサバ)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
締め鯖 (しめさば)
soused (vinegared) mackerel
二条鯖 (にじょうさば、ニジョウサバ)
double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)
秋鯖 (あきさば)
autumn saba; mackerel caught in autumn
さばを読む (さばをよむ)
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
胡麻鯖 (ごまさば、ゴマサバ)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
真鯖 (まさば、マサバ)
chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)
鯖節 (さばぶし、サバぶし)
dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel
さば雲 (さばぐも)
cirrocumulus cloud
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