魚 – fish

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The kanji 魚 means fish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギョ (gyo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うお、さかな、-ざかな (uo, sakana, zakana). It is written with 11 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	ギョ	gyo
Kun’yomi	うお	uo
Kun’yomi	さかな	sakana
Kun’yomi	-ざかな	zakana

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: 田・杰.

Words using 魚

魚さかなfish魚うおfish金魚きんぎょgoldfish (Carassius auratus)

Example sentences

こうして私はいつも魚を料理する。

This is how I usually cook fish.

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こうして私はいつも魚を料理する。

This is how I usually cook fish.

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金魚に餌をやってるの。

I'm feeding the goldfish.

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Kanji with the same radical

鮮鯨

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