Kanji

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: fabulous dolphin-like fish, killer whale, (kokuji)

Kunyomi: しゃちほこ しゃち

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fish

Examples

Kunyomi Examples

しゃちほこ shachihoko, shachi, mythical animal with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

天社蛾 しゃちほこが lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)

金の きんのしゃち golden shachihoko (ornament)

しゃち orca (Orcinus orca), killer whale, grampus, mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)

しゃちほこ shachihoko, shachi, mythical animal with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

金の きんのしゃち golden shachihoko (ornament)

きんしゃち golden shachihoko (ornament)