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Readings

Kana: キ、ギ、ひれ
Romaji: ki, gi, hire
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

fin

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-10
Korean Reading:  gi
Chinese Reading:  qi2
Unicode:  9c2d
JIS:  4949

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5322
New Nelson Index: 6907
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a10.4
Four Corner Index: 2436.1
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46400
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0765
Remembering the kanji Index: 2827
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2842

Words

(ひれ、はた)
fin (e.g. of a fish)
尾鰭 (おびれ)
caudal fin; tail fin
鰭脚類 (ききゃくるい、ひれあしるい)
pinnipeds (seals and walruses)
鱶鰭 (ふかひれ、フカヒレ)
shark fin
小鰭 (こはだ、コハダ)
mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)
背鰭 (せびれ)
dorsal fin
尾鰭 (おひれ)
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
アメリカ鰭足鷸 (アメリカひれあししぎ、アメリカヒレアシシギ)
Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
胸鰭 (むなびれ)
pectoral fin
臀鰭 (しりびれ)
anal fin (of a fish)
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