鯨

Readings

Kana: ゲイ、くじら

Romaji: gei, kujira

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

whale

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 19

Radical Number: 195

Frequency: 1486

Grade: 8

Skip Pattern: 1-11-8

Korean Reading: gyeong

Chinese Reading: jing1

Unicode: 9be8

JIS: 375F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1882

Nelson Index: 5307

New Nelson Index: 6886

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a8.9

Four Corner Index: 2039.6

Guide to Remembering Index: 1208

Gakken Index: 1768

Japanese Names Index: 2831

Daikanwanjiten Index: 46257

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0754

Remembering the kanji Index: 315

Kanji Flashcards Index: 1921

Kodansha Compact Index: 1933

Kanji in Context Index: 915

1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1214

2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1661

French Remembering the Kanji Index: 321

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 337

Essential Kanji Index: 1345

Kodansha Kanji Index: 2361

Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2541

Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1927

Words

鯨 (くじら、クジラ)

whale (Cetacea spp.)

鯨肉 (げいにく、くじらにく、クジラにく)

whale meat

鯨汁 (くじらじる)

whale soup

鯨波 (げいは)

raging waves; battle cry; war cry

鯨油 (げいゆ)

whale oil

捕鯨 (ほげい)

whaling; whale fishing

鯨尺 (くじらじゃく)

long foot (approx. 37.9cm)

背美鯨 (せみくじら、セミクジラ)

North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

鯨幕 (くじらまく)

black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)

鯨類 (げいるい)

order Cetacea of toothed marine mammals, including whales and dolphins; Cetaceans

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