鮎 — kanji meaning “freshwater trout”
鮎
freshwater trout, smelt
- Meanings
- freshwater trout, smelt
- On'yomi
- デン (den)、ネン (nen)
- Kun'yomi
- あゆ、なまず
- Name readings
- あい
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2201 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- nián
Words with 鮎
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 若鮎 | わかあゆ wakaayu | young sweetfish |
| 鮎魚女 | あいなめ ainame | fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii) |
| 落ち鮎 | おちあゆ ochiayu | sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn) |
| 稚鮎 | ちあゆ chiayu | young sweetfish; young ayu |
| 鮎漁 | あゆりょう ayuryou | fishing for ayu |
| 鮎釣り | あゆつり ayutsuri | ayu fishing |
| 鮎掛け | あゆかけ ayukake | fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika) |
| 鮎擬 | あゆもどき ayumodoki | kissing loach (Leptobotia curta) |
| 兵児鮎 | へこあゆ hekoayu | razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus) |
| 琉球鮎 | りゅうきゅうあゆ ryuukyuuayu | Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis) |
| 鮎ずし | あゆずし ayuzushi | sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice |
| 瓢鮎図 | ひょうねんず hyounenzu | Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415) |
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