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The Radical: 魚
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
fish 魚
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Explanation |
Picture of a fish with head ⺈, body 田 and fins 灬 |
Used in these Kanji:
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魚
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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fish
sakana, uo, GYO
Image of a fish with a head ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬 that is swimming upwards.
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魚
⺈
田
灬
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漁
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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fishing
GYO, RYŌ Left: water 氵, right: fish 魚 (image with head ⺈, body 田 and frayed fin 灬)
Having water with fish, you (immediately) think of fishing.
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氵
魚
⺈
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鯨
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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whale
kujira, GEI Left: fish 魚, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
(Whale oil as lamp's fuel) The 'fish' for the stone lanterns is the whale.
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魚
京
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衡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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balance, scales, equilibrium
KŌ Outside: to go 行, middle: var. of fish 魚, big 大 (Here: See 行 as a scale with two communicating plates 彳,亍 going up/down)
Put the big fish on the shown: scales.
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行
魚
大
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鮮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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fresh, new, clear, vivid
azayaka, SEN Left: fish 魚, right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
(Both) fish and sheep must be fresh.
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魚
羊
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