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Readings

Kana: ケン、かつお
Romaji: ken, katsuo
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

bonito

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  22
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-12
Korean Reading:  gyeon
Chinese Reading:  jian1
Unicode:  9c39
JIS:  336F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5327
New Nelson Index: 6915
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a12.1
Four Corner Index: 2731.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46437
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0766
Remembering the kanji Index: 2822
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2837

Words

(かつお、しょうぎょ、カツオ)
skipjack tuna; bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)
真魚鰹 (まながつお、マナガツオ)
butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus); harvestfish; rudderfish
鰹節虫 (かつおぶしむし)
dermestid beetle
花鰹 (はながつお、はなかつお)
dried bonito shavings
宗太鰹 (そうだがつお、ソウダガツオ)
frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)
かつお節 (かつおぶし、カツオぶし、かつぶし)
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
鰹木 (かつおぎ)
log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
鰹の烏帽子 (かつおのえぼし、カツオノエボシ)
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
猫に鰹節 (ねこにかつおぶし)
temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk
初鰹 (はつがつお)
the first bonito of the season
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