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鯨 = 魚 + 京

鯨 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “whale”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 京 (capital). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 337.

Keyword
whale
RTK frame
337
Strokes
19
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゲイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くじら
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
кит
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鯨 whale

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 魚 fish
  2. 京 capital

How to find 鯨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “capital”. 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.