Kanji

Stroke count: 20

Meaning: gills, gill slits

Kunyomi: えら

Onyomi: サイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fish

Examples

Onyomi Examples

エラブタ gill cover, operculum

サイキュウ branchial arch, gill arch

Kunyomi Examples

えら gills, branchia, angle of the mandible, gonial angle

えらあな gill slit, pharyngeal slit

くしえら ctenidium, comb gill

うみえら sea pen (any coelenterate of the family Pennatulidae or related families), sea feather