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Fish Rice 魚 Wrapping Bound ギョ うお、さかな、 ざかな い

Kanji
Onyomi ギョ
Kunyomi うお、さかな、-ざかな
Nanori
English fish
Examples 魚(さかな): fish
金魚(きんぎょ): goldfish
海鷂魚(えい): ray (fish); stingray
JLPT Level 5
Jouyou Grade 2
Frequency 1208
Components 勹: wrapping enclosure; wrapping radical (no. 20)
田: rice field; rice paddy
火: fire
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 195
Radical Strokes 11
Radical Reading うお・うおへん・さかな
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 象形 Pictographic
Keyword fish
Koohii Story 1 The elements of this kanji are bound up, rice field and cooking fire. When I think of bound up cooked rice, it makes me think of sushi, which in turn brings to mind fish.
Koohii Story 2 Bind that FISH and cook his brains! Yarhh!
RTK Index (new) 183

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade2, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_nature_animal_fish

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