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    3. 鰯

    鰯

    鰯いわし

    sardine

    NTFood & DiningAnimalsKanji21 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    いわし

    sardine(kokuji)

    魚弱

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    弓
    冫

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    Concepts using this kanji

    鰯

    pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus)

    鰯の頭も信心から

    faith is mysterious

    藤五郎鰯

    flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)

    外鰯

    bonefish (Albula vulpes)

    片口鰯

    Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

    真鰯

    Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus)

    糸引鰯

    attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

    鰯油

    pilchard oil

    赤鰯

    pickled sardines

    小鰯鯨

    minke whale

    潤目鰯

    round herring (Etrumeus teres)

    鰯節

    dried, smoked pilchard

    干鰯

    fertilizer made from dried sardines

    鰯酸

    clupanodonic acid

    鰯雲

    cirrocumulus cloud

    鯛の尾より鰯の頭

    better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

    唐鰯

    Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

    畳鰯

    sheet of dried sardines

    鰯鯨

    sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)

    裸鰯

    lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)

    鰯滓

    fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer)

    柊鰯

    sardine and holly charm

    鯷鰯

    Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 冫
    • 弓
    • 灬
    • 火
    • 田
    • 魚

    is_used_in

    • 片口鰯
    • 鰯雲
    • 鰯
    • 潤目鰯
    • 畳鰯
    • 赤鰯
    • 干鰯
    • 鰯鯨
    • 小鰯鯨
    • 真鰯
    • 鯛の尾より鰯の頭
    • 唐鰯
    • 外鰯
    • 裸鰯
    • 藤五郎鰯
    • 鰯油
    • 糸引鰯
    • 鰯節
    • 鰯滓
    • 鰯酸
    • 鰯の頭も信心から
    • 柊鰯
    • 鯷鰯

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