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N4 kanji · 11 strokes

魚 means fish

魚Real origin

It began as a fish: head, body, and a tail (the four dots aren't fire here).

Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.

Meaning and readings

Meaning
fish
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
11
School grade
Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) うお uo

うお (uo) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: さかな sakana

From Chinese (onyomi) ギョ gyo

ギョ (gyo) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.

Common word

金魚 きんぎょ · kingyo

goldfish

Built from

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田 Used in 120 kanji

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灬 Used in 47 kanji

See all 5 at N5 and N4

The story and the part meanings are Chirami's own. Readings, meanings and the common word come from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, and the strokes from KanjiVG. Spotted a mistake? Email support@brightsmilesolutions.org.