EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    octopus

    Usually written using kana alone

    食べられることなくそのたこは、海に帰ったのであった。
    That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
  2. fool; idiot

    Usually written using kana aloneColloquial

Also written 章魚【たこ】鮹【たこ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

octopus

Kun
たこ
On
ソウショウ
Strokes
13
Radical
insect

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Dictionary and index codes (12)
CodeReference
1-6-7SKIP code
6d7.5The Kanji Dictionary
5912.7Four corner code
86f8Unicode hex code
1-34-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4149Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5330New Nelson (John Haig)
2690Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2729Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
33072XMorohashi
shao1, xiao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading