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    3. 鮎

    鮎

    鮎あゆ

    freshwater trout

    N1KMT10Freq #2201Food & DiningAnimalsKanji16 strokes

    組

    鮎鮎

    The fortune-telling fish revealed its predictions by flipping its scales, shimmering like fresh trout.

    Kun'yomi

    あゆなまず

    On'yomi

    デンネン

    Nanori

    あい

    freshwater troutsmelt

    魚占

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    卜
    口

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    鯨鯉鮭鮫鮮魯鯛鱒鯨鯛鮭鱒鯉魚魯鮫鮮鱗

    Concepts using this kanji

    兵児鮎

    razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)

    鮎魚女

    fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)

    若鮎

    young sweetfish

    落ち鮎

    sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)

    マジェラン鮎並

    Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)

    鮎

    ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)

    琉球鮎

    Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)

    鮎漁

    fishing for ayu

    鮎掛け

    fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)

    鮎釣り

    ayu fishing

    瓢鮎図

    Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)

    稚鮎

    young sweetfish

    鮎ずし

    sweetfish sushi

    鮎擬

    kissing loach (Leptobotia curta)

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    鯨

    whale

    鯉

    carp

    鮭

    salmon

    鮫

    shark

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 卜
    • 口
    • 灬
    • 火
    • 田
    • 魚

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    • 鮎魚女
    • 鮎
    • 落ち鮎
    • 稚鮎
    • 若鮎
    • 鮎漁
    • 鮎釣り
    • 兵児鮎
    • 鮎掛け
    • 鮎擬
    • マジェラン鮎並
    • 琉球鮎
    • 鮎ずし
    • 瓢鮎図

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