Kanji

2357 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: glue, isinglass

Kunyomi: にかわ にべ

Onyomi: コウ キョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: meat

Examples

Onyomi Examples

原病 コウゲンビョウ collagen disease

コウカ gelatinization, gelatinisation

神経 シンケイコウ neuroglia, glia

ギョコウ gelatinous glue made from fish, ichthyocolla, isinglass

アキョウ donkey hide gelatin, ejiao, high quality gelatin made in China from donkey hides

Kunyomi Examples

にかわ gelatinous glue (usu. from animal and fish bones, hide, etc.)

こうしつ colloid

もない にべもない curt, point-blank