Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

1208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: fish

Kunyomi: うお さかな -ざかな

Onyomi: ギョ

Composition: 𠂊

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うお

Meaning: fish

Strokes: 11

Examples

Examples with audio

類(ぎょるい)   fish (as class of animal)

介類(ぎょかいるい)   marine products, seafood

(きんぎょ)   goldfish

(せんぎょ)   fresh fish

(にんぎょ)   mermaid, merman

深海(しんかいぎょ)   deep-sea fish

熱帯(ねったいぎょ)   tropical fish

市場(うおいちば)   fish market

飛び(とびうお)   flying fish

(さかな)   fish [n.]

屋(さかなや)   fish market, fish dealer

*雑(ざこ)   small fish, small fry

Onyomi Examples

ギョルイ fish, fishes

介類 ギョカイルイ marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish

センギョ fresh fish

チギョ fry, juvenile fish, fingerling

Kunyomi Examples

さかな fish

市場 うおいちば fish market

かわうお river fish, freshwater fish

かつぎょ live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)

さかな fish

釣り さかなつり fishing

旬の しゅんのさかな fish in season