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Readings

Kana: ダツ、タツ、うそ、かわ、かわうそ
Romaji: datsu, tatsu, uso, kawa, kawauso
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

otter

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  19
Radical Number:  94
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-3-16
Korean Reading:  chal
Chinese Reading:  ta3
Unicode:  737a
JIS:  605C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 2917
New Nelson Index: 3615
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3g16.1
Four Corner Index: 4728.6
Japanese Names Index: 2791
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20782
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0759

Words

川獺 (かわうそ、うそ、おそ、だつ、カワウソ)
otter (Lutra lutra); Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
海獺 (らっこ、ラッコ)
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
日本川獺 (にほんかわうそ、ニホンカワウソ)
Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
ユーラシア川獺 (ユーラシアかわうそ)
European otter (Lutra lutra); common otter; Eurasian otter
獺祭 (だっさい)
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
小爪川獺 (こつめかわうそ、コツメカワウソ)
Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
獺魚を祭る (かわうそうおをまつる)
one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
海獺 (うみうそ、うみおそ)
sea lion
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