鰊

Kana: レン、にしん

Romaji: ren, nishin

Kana

Romaji

herring

Stroke Count: 20

Radical Number: 195

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-11-9

Korean Reading: ryeon

Chinese Reading: lian4

Unicode: 9c0a

JIS: 7259

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

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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