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鯵 = 参 + 魚

鯵 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “horse mackerel”. It is built from 参 (visit) and 魚 (fish). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2833.

Keyword
horse mackerel
RTK frame
2833
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ソウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あじ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
конская скумбрия
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
鯵 鯵

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 参 visit
  2. 魚 fish

How to find 鯵 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鯵 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.