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鮮 = 魚 + 羊

鮮 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fresh”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 590.

Keyword
fresh
RTK frame
590
Strokes
17
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あざ.やか
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
свежий
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鮮 fresh

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 魚 fish
  2. 羊 sheep

How to find 鮮 without knowing its reading

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

Open 鮮 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.