Kanji

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: fresh-water catfish, (kokuji)

Kunyomi: なまず

Onyomi: ネン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fish

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

なまず catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus), earthquake

なまずえ woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

大ナマズ だいナマズ giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)

琵琶湖大 びわこおおなまず Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)