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Readings

Kana: ソウ、あじ
Romaji: sou, aji
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

horse mackerel

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  22
Radical Number:  195
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-11-11
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  sao1
Unicode:  9c3a
JIS:  724D

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5324
New Nelson Index: 6912
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a11.2
Four Corner Index: 2332.2
Japanese Names Index: 2999
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46442
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0767

Words

(あじ、アジ)
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
鰺のたたき (あじのたたき)
fresh scad
室鯵 (むろあじ、ムロアジ)
brownstriped mackerel scad (Decapterus muroadsi); mackerel scad (any fish of genus Decapterus)
糸引鰺 (いとひきあじ、イトヒキアジ)
African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)
真鯵 (まあじ、マアジ)
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus)
鰺刺 (あじさし、アジサシ)
tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)
背黒鰺刺 (せぐろあじさし)
sooty tern
縞鰺 (しまあじ、シマアジ)
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
小鰺刺 (こあじさし、コアジサシ)
little tern (the official bird of Chiba); sterna albifrons
極鰺刺 (きょくあじさし、キョクアジサシ)
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
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