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    3. 鯰

    鯰

    鯰なまず

    fresh-water catfish

    NTFood & DiningAnimalsKanji19 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    なまず

    On'yomi

    ネン

    fresh-water catfish(kokuji)

    魚念

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    人
    一
    心

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    鯵鮎鰯鯨鰻鯉魚鰍

    Concepts using this kanji

    電気鯰

    electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

    ヨーロッパ大鯰

    Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

    逆さ鯰

    upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)

    鯰絵

    woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

    琵琶湖大鯰

    Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

    痺鯰

    electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

    瓢箪鯰

    (person) slippery as an eel

    鯰

    catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)

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