Entry
  1. Noun

    fishing by dropping a line between rocks or concrete tetrapods

  2. ice fishing (esp. for smelt)

  3. sniggling (fishing for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their dens)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hole, aperture, slit, cave, den

Kun
あな
On
ケツ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1366 of 2500
Radical
cave
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

けなしし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-2SKIP code
3m2.2The Kanji Dictionary
3080.2Four corner code
762deroo
7a74Unicode hex code
1-23-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3313Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4187New Nelson (John Haig)
2159New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2682Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1316Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1413Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1201A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
158Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
984Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25406Morohashi
849A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
899Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1595Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
860henshall3
834Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1122Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1450Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1326Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xue4, xue2Pinyin reading
hyeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare

Kun
つ.るつ.りつ.り-
On
チョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1542 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

つり

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-3SKIP code
8a3.5The Kanji Dictionary
8712.0Four corner code
2852deroo
91e3Unicode hex code
1-36-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4820Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6224New Nelson (John Haig)
1674New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2108Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1098Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1496Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
273Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
291Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1225A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1416Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1836Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40172XMorohashi
1592A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1862Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2020Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1843Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1495Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1335Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1810Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
279Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
diao4Pinyin reading
joKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level