Kanji
鰯
kanji character
sardine
(kokuji)
鰯 kanji-鰯 sardine, (kokuji)
鰯
Meaning
sardine and (kokuji)
Readings
Kun'yomi
- いわし pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus)
- いわし ぐも cirrocumulus cloud
- いわし くじら sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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鰯 pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine -
鰯 雲 cirrocumulus cloud, mackerel sky -
鰯 鯨 sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) -
鰯 油 pilchard oil, sardine oil -
鰯 節 dried, smoked pilchard, shavings from dried -
鰯 滓 fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer), sardine meal -
鰯 粕 fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer), sardine meal -
鰯 酸 clupanodonic acid -
畳 鰯 sheet of dried sardines -
赤 鰯 pickled sardines, dried sardines, red sardines... -
干 鰯 fertilizer made from dried sardines -
乾 鰯 fertilizer made from dried sardines -
真 鰯 Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus), Japanese sardine -
唐 鰯 Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis) -
外 鰯 bonefish (Albula vulpes), banana fish, ladyfish -
裸 鰯 lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei) -
柊 鰯 sardine and holly charm, sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons -
鯷 鰯 Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica) -
干 し鰯 fertilizer made from dried sardines -
乾 し鰯 fertilizer made from dried sardines -
片 口 鰯 Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica) -
潤 目 鰯 round herring (Etrumeus teres) -
糸 引 鰯 attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor) -
関 取 鰯 Rouleina watasei (type of slickhead fish) -
小 鰯 鯨 minke whale, piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) -
鰯 の頭 も信 心 からfaith is mysterious, faith is weird, even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith -
鯛 の尾 より鰯 の頭 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion -
藤 五 郎 鰯 flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei) -
頭 五 郎 鰯 flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)