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    3. 鰹

    鰹

    鰹かつお

    bonito

    NTFood & DiningAnimalsKanji23 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かつお

    On'yomi

    ケン

    bonito

    魚堅

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    臣
    又
    土

    Stroke 0 / 23

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    鯵鮎鰯鯨鰻鯉魚鰍鮎鯨鯵鰻鯉魚鰍堅鰯

    Concepts using this kanji

    鰹木

    log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole

    初鰹

    the first bonito of the season

    宗太鰹

    frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)

    花鰹

    dried bonito shavings

    秋鰹

    bonito caught in autumn

    真魚鰹

    butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus)

    鰹節虫

    dermestid beetle

    鰹鳥

    booby (esp. the brown booby, Sula leucogaster)

    鰹節

    katsuobushi

    姫丸鰹節虫

    carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

    歯鰹

    striped bonito (Sarda orientalis)

    鰹の烏帽子

    Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

    鰹の塩辛

    salted fermented bonito guts

    姫鰹節虫

    black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus)

    猫に鰹節

    temptation one can't resist

    鰹鯨

    Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

    鰹だし

    (dried) bonito stock

    鰹

    skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

    縞鰹

    Pacific pomfret (Brama japonica)

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    • 又
    • 土
    • 灬
    • 火
    • 田
    • 臣
    • 魚

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    • 鰹
    • 鰹節
    • 真魚鰹
    • 鰹木
    • 花鰹
    • 鰹の烏帽子
    • 鰹節虫
    • 猫に鰹節
    • 初鰹
    • 歯鰹
    • 鰹鳥
    • 秋鰹
    • 宗太鰹
    • 縞鰹
    • 鰹だし
    • 鰹鯨
    • 姫丸鰹節虫
    • 姫鰹節虫
    • 鰹の塩辛

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