EntryCommonWaniKani 54
  1. Noun

    whale (Cetacea spp.)

    Usually written using kana alone

    生きているクジラを見たことがある。
    I have once seen a live whale.
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Characters in this word

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whale

Kun
くじら
On
ゲイ
Strokes
19
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1486 of 2500
Radical
fish
WaniKani
Level 54

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-11-8SKIP code
11a8.9The Kanji Dictionary
2039.6Four corner code
2541deroo
9be8Unicode hex code
1-23-63JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5307Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6886New Nelson (John Haig)
1882New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2361Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1214Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1661Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
315Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
337Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1768A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2831Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1345Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46257Morohashi
1208A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
700Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
713Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1921Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1927Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
915Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1933Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
321Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing1Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
54WaniKani level