鯨 = 魚 + 京

鯨 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “whale”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 京 (capital city).

Keyword: whale
Pinyin (Mandarin): jīng
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: кит
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鯨 whale

Decomposition

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魚 fish
京 capital city

How to find 鯨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “capital city”. 鯨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鯨 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.