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魚 = 𠂊 + 田 + 灬
魚 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fish”. It is built from 𠂊 (bound up), 田 (rice field) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 183. It appears as a component in 24 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- fish
- RTK frame
- 183
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ギョ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うお, さかな, -ざかな
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- рыба
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 魚 fish
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 魚
- 漁 fishing
- 鯉 carp
- 鯨 whale
- 鮮 fresh
- 鱗 scaled
- 蘇 resurrect
- 櫓 turret
- 鰻 eel
- 鯛 sea bream
- 鰯 sardine
- 鱒 trout
- 鮭 salmon
- 鮪 tuna
- 鮎 sweet smelt
- 鯵 horse mackerel
- 鱈 cod
- 鯖 mackerel
- 鮫 shark
- 鰹 bonito
- 鰍 bullhead
- 鰐 alligator
- 鮒 crucian carp
- 鮨 sushi
- 鰭 fish fin
How to find 魚 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bound up” + “rice field” + “fire radical”. 魚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 魚 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.