鮭 = 魚 + 圭

鮭 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “salmon”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 圭 (jade pointed at top).

Keyword: salmon
Pinyin (Mandarin): guī
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: лосось
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鮭 salmon

Decomposition

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魚 fish
圭 jade pointed at top

How to find 鮭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “jade pointed at top”. 鮭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鮭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.