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漁

Fishing
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingギョ、リョウ
Kun readingあさ.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4Level 37

Meanings

  1. fishingRtK
    漁火が島影に瞬く。A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.tatoeba
    漁村では全国で初めてSuch a designation is the first for a fishing village in Japan.wiki
  2. fishery
  1. gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed)
  2. catch (e.g. of fish)
  3. haul

Synonyms

豊漁

Homonyms

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Same reading (りょう)
了 · finish寮 · hostel料 · fee猟 · hunting量 · quantity良 · good (quality, condition, etc.)両 · both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

Popular Usage

漁業漁船漁村

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · fish (魚) · bound up (乙) · rice field (田) · brains · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 184

Compound words

漁業ぎょぎょう
fishing industry; fishery
漁船ぎょせん
fishing boat
漁村ぎょそん
fishing village
漁るあさる
to fish; to look for; to search for; to hunt for; to scavenge
漁獲ぎょかく
fishery; fishing; catch; haul
漁港ぎょこう
fishing harbour; fishing harbor
漁師りょうし
fisherman
漁場ぎょじょう
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
豊漁ほうりょう
good catch; good haul
漁民ぎょみん
fishermen
鮎漁あゆりょう
fishing for ayu
漁りあさり
searching
漁色ぎょしょく
lechery
漁網ぎょもう
fishing net
漁撈ぎょろう
fishing
鮭漁さけりょう
salmon fishing
漁獲高ぎょかくだか
fishing haul
漁業法ぎょぎょうほう
Fishery Act
漁師町りょうしまち
fishing village
遠洋漁業えんようぎょぎょう
deep-sea fisheries
音響漁法おんきょうぎょほう
acoustic fishing method

Additional Examples

他の物が漁夫の利を占める。
Someone else profits from the situation.tatoeba
村人たちは主として漁業に従事している。
The villagers are occupied mainly with fishing.tatoeba
水平線に漁船がいくつか見えます。
I see some fishing boats on the horizon.tatoeba
行方不明だった漁船が無事帰港した。
The fishing boat that had been missing returned to its port safely.tatoeba
本庄漁業生産組合
Honjo Fishery Productive Associationwiki
伊根町漁業協同組合
Fisheries Cooperative Association of Ine-chowiki
伊根浦京都府伊根町漁村
Ineura, Ine-cho, Kyoto Prefecture, fishing villagewiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Fish. 氵 (water) + 魚 (fish) — catching fish in water. 漁師 — fisherman.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 漁

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