鮎 = 占 + 魚

鮎 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweet smelt”. It is built from 占 (fortune-telling) and 魚 (fish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2832.

Keyword: sweet smelt
RTK frame: 2832
Strokes: 16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): デン, ネン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あゆ, なまず
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: freshwater trout, сладкий запах
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 鮎 sheatfish

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

How to find 鮎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fortune-telling” + “fish”. 鮎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鮎 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.