鯨 — kanji meaning “whale”
鯨
whale
- Meanings
- whale
- On'yomi
- ゲイ (gei)
- Kun'yomi
- くじら
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1486 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- jīng — Chinese character page
Words with 鯨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 捕鯨 | ほげい hogei | whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing |
| 鯨肉 | げいにく geiniku | whale meat |
| 鯨油 | げいゆ geiyu | whale oil |
| 鯨波 | げいは geiha | raging waves |
| 鯨尺 | くじらじゃく kujirajaku | long foot (approx. 37.9cm) |
| 鯨飲 | げいいん geiin | drinking hard; drinking like a fish |
| 白鯨 | しろくじら shirokujira | white whale |
| 捕鯨船 | ほげいせん hogeisen | whaling ship; whaler; whale catcher |
| 鯨飲馬食 | げいいんばしょく geiinbashoku | drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor |
| 鯨座 | くじらざ kujiraza | Cetus (constellation); the Whale |
| 抹香鯨 | まっこうくじら makkoukujira | sperm whale |
| 白長須鯨 | しろながすくじら shironagasukujira | blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.