| Kanji | 鯨 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ゲイ |
| Kunyomi | くじら |
| English | whale |
| Examples | 捕鯨(ほげい): whaling; whale fishing |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1486 |
| Components | 魚: fish 京: capital; 10**16 |
| Number of Strokes | 19 |
| Kanji Radical | 魚 |
| Radical Number | 195 |
| Radical Strokes | 11 |
| Radical Reading | うお・うおへん・さかな |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | whale |
| Koohii Story 1 | If fish were cities, the whale would surely be the capital. |
| Koohii Story 2 | When the whale was first discovered it was the biggest fish people had ever seen. Stories exaggerated its size - people said it was as big as the entire capital city! |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_animal
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