Chinese symbol for “bonito”
鲣
jiān
Traditional: 鰹
bonito
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bonito is 鲣 (jiān), defined as: bonito.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鲣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 红脚鲣鸟 (紅腳鰹鳥) | hóng jiǎo jiān niǎo | (bird species of China) red-footed booby (Sula sula) |
| 红鲣 (紅鰹) | hóng jiān | red mullet |
| 蓝脸鲣鸟 (藍臉鰹鳥) | lán liǎn jiān niǎo | (bird species of China) masked booby (Sula dactylatra) |
| 褐鲣鸟 (褐鰹鳥) | hè jiān niǎo | (bird species of China) brown booby (Sula leucogaster) |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.