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鯨

whale
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingゲイ
Kun readingくじら
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. whaleRtK
    馬が哺乳動物であると同様、鯨も哺乳動物である。A whale is no less a mammal than a horse.tatoeba
    私は生きている鯨を見たことがない。I've never seen a live whale.tatoeba
  1. whale (Cetacea spp.)

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fish (魚) · bound up (乙) · rice field (田) · brains · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬) · capital · tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 337

Compound words

鯨肉げいにく
whale meat
捕鯨ほげい
whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing
鰯鯨いわしくじら
sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
鯨飲げいいん
drinking hard
鯨座くじらざ
Cetus (constellation)
鯨尺くじらじゃく
long foot (approx. 37.9cm)
鯨波げいは
raging waves
鯨油げいゆ
whale oil
鯨銛くじらもり
(whaling) harpoon
鯨鬚くじらひげ
whalebone
白鯨しろくじら
white whale
長簀鯨ながすくじら
fin whale
捕鯨船ほげいせん
whaling ship
抹香鯨まっこうくじら
sperm whale
鯨飲馬食げいいんばしょく
drinking like a fish and eating like a horse
白長須鯨しろながすくじら
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
太平洋扇歯鯨たいへいようおうぎはくじら
Andrews' beaked whale (Mesoplodon bowdoini)

Kun Reading Examples

鯨を見たことがありますか。くじら
Did you ever see a whale?tatoeba

Additional Examples

国際的批判に直面して捕鯨をやめた国がいくつかある。
Some countries have stopped whaling in the face of international criticism.tatoeba
鯨を見たことがありますか。
Did you ever see a whale?tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鯨

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