Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 19
Meaning: whale
Kunyomi: くじら
Onyomi: ゲイ
Composition: 魚 京
Radical: 魚
Meaning: fish
鯨肉 (ゲイニク) whale meat
鯨飲 (ゲイイン) drinking hard, drinking like a fish
白鯨 (ハクゲイ) white whale, Moby Dick
反捕鯨 (ハンホゲイ) opposition to whaling, anti-whaling
鯨 (くじら) whale (Cetacea spp.)
鯨肉 (げいにく) whale meat
タスマニア鯨 (タスマニアくじら) Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
五島鯨 (ごとうくじら) larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)