Kanji
鰹
kanji character
bonito
鰹 kanji-鰹 bonito
鰹
Meaning
bonito
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かつお skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
- かつお ぶし katsuobushi
- かつお ぎ log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
On'yomi
- けん
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
鰹
bonito
かつお, ケン
魚
fish
うお, さかな, ギョ
𠂊
( 勹 )
Common Words
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鰹 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish -
鰹 節 katsuobushi, pieces of sliced dried bonito -
鰹 木 log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole -
鰹 鳥 booby (esp. the brown booby, Sula leucogaster), gannet -
鰹 だし(dried) bonito stock -
鰹 鯨 Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni), Bryde's whale -
花 鰹 dried bonito shavings -
初 鰹 the first bonito of the season -
歯 鰹 striped bonito (Sarda orientalis), Mexican bonito -
縞 鰹 Pacific pomfret (Brama japonica) -
秋 鰹 bonito caught in autumn -
鰹 出 し(dried) bonito stock -
鰹 節 虫 dermestid beetle -
鰹 味 噌 bonito miso, miso mixed with bonito -
鰹 出 汁 (dried) bonito stock -
真 魚 鰹 butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus), harvestfish... -
宗 太 鰹 frigate tuna (Auxis spp.) -
惣 太 鰹 frigate tuna (Auxis spp.) -
鰹 の塩 辛 salted fermented bonito guts -
白 鰹 鳥 northern gannet (Morus bassanus) -
鰹 の烏 帽 子 Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) -
猫 に鰹 節 temptation one can't resist, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, trusting a cat with milk - ネ コ に
鰹 節 temptation one can't resist, setting a wolf to mind the sheep, trusting a cat with milk -
宗 太 鰹 属 Auxis (genus of tuna) -
姫 鰹 節 虫 black carpet beetle (Attagenus unicolor japonicus) -
姫 丸 鰹 節 虫 carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)