鰯 — kanji meaning “sardine”
鰯
sardine, (kokuji)
- Meanings
- sardine, (kokuji)
- On'yomi
- —
- Kun'yomi
- いわし
- Strokes
- 21
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- ruò
Words with 鰯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鰯雲 | いわしぐも iwashigumo | cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky |
| 片口鰯 | かたくちいわし katakuchiiwashi | Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica) |
| 潤目鰯 | うるめいわし urumeiwashi | round herring (Etrumeus teres) |
| 畳鰯 | たたみいわし tatamiiwashi | sheet of dried sardines |
| 赤鰯 | あかいわし akaiwashi | pickled sardines; dried sardines; red sardines |
| 干鰯 | ほしか hoshika | fertilizer made from dried sardines |
| 鰯鯨 | いわしくじら iwashikujira | sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) |
| 小鰯鯨 | こいわしくじら koiwashikujira | minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) |
| 真鰯 | まいわし maiwashi | Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine |
| 唐鰯 | からいわし karaiwashi | Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis) |
| 外鰯 | そといわし sotoiwashi | bonefish (Albula vulpes); banana fish; ladyfish |
| 裸鰯 | はだかいわし hadakaiwashi | lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei) |
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