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Reading

Kana: いわし
Romaji: iwashi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sardine, (kokuji)

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  21
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-11-10
Korean Reading:  yag
Chinese Reading:  ruo4
Unicode:  9c2f
JIS:  3073

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5318
New Nelson Index: 6904
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a10.3
Four Corner Index: 2732.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46413X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0765
Remembering the kanji Index: 2813
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1665
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2828
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2367

Words

(いわし)
pilchard (esp. the Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine (esp. the sardine of the Japanese pilchard)
赤鰯 (あかいわし)
pickled or dried sardines
潤目鰯 (うるめいわし、ウルメイワシ)
round herring (Etrumeus teres)
鰯鯨 (いわしくじら、イワシクジラ)
sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
裸鰯 (はだかいわし、ハダカイワシ)
lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)
干鰯 (ほしか)
dried sardine
畳鰯 (たたみいわし)
sheet of dried sardines
鰯雲 (いわしぐも)
cirro-cumulus; mackerel sky
真鰯 (まいわし、マイワシ)
Japanese pilchard; Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)
片口鰯 (かたくちいわし、カタクチイワシ)
Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)
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