Kanji
鯨
kanji character
whale
鯨 kanji-鯨 whale
鯨
Meaning
whale
Readings
Kun'yomi
- くじら じゃく long foot (approx. 37.9cm)
- くじら ざ Cetus (constellation)
- くじら まく black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
On'yomi
- ほ げい whaling
- げい にく whale meat
- げい いん drinking hard
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Related Entries
Common Words
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鯨 whale -
捕 鯨 whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing -
鯨 肉 whale meat -
鯨 飲 drinking hard, drinking like a fish -
鯨 油 whale oil -
鯨 波 battle cry, war cry -
鯨 尺 long foot (approx. 37.9cm) -
鯨 座 Cetus (constellation), the Whale -
鯨 幕 black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service) -
鯨 脂 blubber -
鯨 骨 whale bone -
鯨 鬚 whalebone, baleen -
鯨 類 cetaceans -
鯨 蝋 spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) -
鯨 ろうspermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) -
鯨 蠟 spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) -
鯨 汁 whale soup -
鯨 帯 obi with a different colour on each side -
鯨 漁 whaling -
鯨 猟 whaling -
鯨 魚 whale -
鯨 取 whaling -
鯨 銛 (whaling) harpoon -
鯨 学 cetology -
白 鯨 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville) -
山 鯨 wild boar meat, mountain whale -
巨 鯨 huge whale -
鰯 鯨 sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) -
克 鯨 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale -
子 鯨 whale calf