鮫 — kanji meaning “shark”
鮫
shark
- Meanings
- shark
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)
- Kun'yomi
- さめ、みずち
- Strokes
- 17
- Newspaper frequency
- #2244 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- jiāo — Chinese character page
Words with 鮫
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鮫肌 | さめはだ samehada | rough skin (like that of a shark) |
| 小判鮫 | こばんざめ kobanzame | remora (any fish of family Echeneidae); suckerfish; sharksucker |
| 蝶鮫 | ちょうざめ chouzame | sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris) |
| 鰐鮫 | わにざめ wanizame | ferocious shark |
| 鋸鮫 | のこぎりざめ nokogirizame | saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Pristiophorus japonicus) |
| 青鮫 | あおざめ aozame | shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) |
| 鮫皮 | さめがわ samegawa | shagreen (from a shark or stingray); sharkskin; shark leather |
| 葦切鮫 | よしきりざめ yoshikirizame | blue shark (Prionace glauca) |
| 角鮫 | つのざめ tsunozame | dogfish (any shark of family Squalidae) |
| 鮫鞘 | さめざや samezaya | sharkskin scabbard |
| 甚平鮫 | じんべいざめ jinbeizame | whale shark (Rhincodon typus) |
| 甚兵衛鮫 | じんべえざめ jinbeezame | whale shark (Rhincodon typus) |
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