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鱗

scales (fish)
Stroke count: 24

Readings

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Kun readingうろこ、こけ、こけら
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. scales (fish)
    彼、ボスの逆鱗に触れ、地方支店に追いやられたよ。He recently had the bad luck to incur his boss' wrath and got sent out to work in the boondocks.tatoeba
    この壁画からは古代人の生活の片鱗をうかがうことができる。We can get a glimpse of the lifestyle of ancient people from this wall painting.tatoeba
  2. scaledRtK
  1. scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
  2. serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

Radicals and components

Radical魚fish
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

介鱗かいりん
fish and shellfish
逆鱗げきりん
one's superior's anger
櫛鱗しつりん
ctenoid scale
骨鱗こつりん
bony scale (of a fish)
楯鱗じゅんりん
placoid scale
片鱗へんりん
part
鱗茎りんけい
bulb (of a lily, tulip, etc.)
鱗状りんじょう
scaly
鱗粉りんぷん
(insectile, especially moth) scales
鱗片りんぺん
(animal or plant) scale
鱗木りんぼく
lepidodendron
細鱗魚あゆ
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Additional Examples

目から鱗が落ちた。
I can see the light.tatoeba

Stroke Order

24 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鱗

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step