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鰊

Readings

Kana: レン、にしん
Romaji: ren, nishin
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

herring

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-9
Korean Reading:  ryeon
Chinese Reading:  lian4
Unicode:  9c0a
JIS:  7259

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5309
New Nelson Index: 6893
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a9.1
Four Corner Index: 2539.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46325
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0753

Words

鰊 (にしん、かど、ニシン)
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
鰊蕎麦 (にしんそば)
soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring
鰊粕 (にしんかす)
dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)
身欠き鰊 (みかきにしん)
dried, sliced herring
鰊曇り (にしんぐもり)
cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
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