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釣 — kanji meaning “angling”

angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare

Meanings
angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Name readings
Strokes
11
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1542 of 2,500
Classical radical
167
Chinese reading
diào — Chinese character page

Words with 釣

WordReadingMeaning
つり tsurifishing; angling
つる tsuruto fish; to angle; to catch
つりせん tsurisenchange (for a purchase)
つりばり tsuribarifish hook
つりぼり tsuriborifish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond
おつり otsurichange (for a purchase)
いっぽんづり ipponzurifishing with a pole
つりば tsuribafishing spot; fishing hole
さかなつり sakanatsurifishing
つりあい tsuriaibalance; equilibrium
つりいと tsuriitofishing line
つりぶね tsuribunefishing boat

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.