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Zach

Readings

Kana: シュ、シュウ、どじょう
Romaji: shu, shū, dojō
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

loach (fish)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-9
Korean Reading:  chu
Chinese Reading:  qiu1
Unicode:  9c0c
JIS:  7255

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5314
New Nelson Index: 6899
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a9.14
Four Corner Index: 2836.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46330
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0759

Words

泥鰌 (どじょう、どんじょう、どんじょ、ドジョウ)
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)
味女泥鰌 (あじめどじょう、アジメドジョウ)
Niwaella delicata (species of loach)
縞泥鰌 (しまどじょう、シマドジョウ)
Japanese striped loach (Cobitis biwae)
石泥鰌 (いしどじょう、イシドジョウ)
Cobitis takatsuensis (species of loach)
柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ)
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree
仏泥鰌 (ほとけどじょう、ホトケドジョウ)
Japanese eight-barbel loach (Lefua echigonia)
台湾泥鰌 (たいわんどじょう、タイワンドジョウ)
blotched snakehead (species of fish, Channa maculata)
柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない (やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない)
Good luck does not always repeat itself
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