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鮎

JLPT N1 · 16 strokes

The kanji 鮎 — “ayu, sweetfish”

鮎 means ayu, sweetfish and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 16 strokes and uses the fish radical (魚).

Stroke order · 16 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): デン、ネン
Kun'yomi (訓読み): あゆ、なまず
Radical: 魚 · fish
Strokes: 16

How to remember 鮎

Fortune-telling (占) with fish (魚) — the freshwater ayu fish! 鮎 is that summer river fish; 鮎の塩焼き is a festival delicacy!

Example words with 鮎

Kun'yomi readings

鮎あゆayu, sweetfish

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