魚 — fish
さかな
魚
fish
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
11 strokes
animal
food
U+9B5A
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1208
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #171
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #195
Meanings
- fish
word
さかな sakana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
きょ ・ぎょ kyo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (3)
Pictographic (象形). Originally depicted a fish: 𠂊 (head/wrapping) over 田 (body scales) with 灬 (fire/tail fins) at the bottom.