鮭 — kanji meaning “salmon”
鮭
salmon
- Meanings
- salmon
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)、ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- さけ、しゃけ、ふぐ
- Strokes
- 17
- Newspaper frequency
- #2477 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- guī — Chinese character page
Words with 鮭
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紅鮭 | べにざけ benizake | sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); red salmon |
| 塩鮭 | しおざけ shiozake | salted salmon |
| 鮭茶漬け | さけちゃづけ sakechazuke | chazuke with salmon |
| 鮭漁 | さけりょう sakeryou | salmon fishing |
| 大西洋鮭 | たいせいようさけ taiseiyousake | Atlantic salmon (Salmo salmar) |
| 江鮭 | あめのうお amenouo | biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon |
| 銀鮭 | ぎんざけ ginzake | coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutsh); silver salmon |
| 生鮭 | なまざけ namazake | fresh salmon; unsalted salmon |
| 乾鮭 | からざけ karazake | dried salted salmon |
| 白鮭 | しろざけ shirozake | chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) |
| 燻鮭 | いぶしざけ ibushizake | smoked salmon; lox |
| 焼き鮭 | やきしゃけ yakishake | grilled salmon |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.