鯨 – whale

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The kanji 鯨 means whale. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゲイ (gei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くじら (kujira). It is written with 19 strokes, under radical 魚 (no. 195).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゲイ	gei
Kun’yomi	くじら	kujira

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 魚 (Kangxi radical 195). Components: 魚・口・小・田・亠・杰.

Words using 鯨

捕鯨ほげいwhaling

Example sentences

国際的批判に直面して捕鯨をやめた国がいくつかある。

Some countries have stopped whaling in the face of international criticism.

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Kanji with the same radical

鮮魚

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