Entry
  1. Noun

    silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis); slender sprat

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 吉備奈仔【きびなご】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

millet

Kun
きび
On
ショ
Strokes
12
Radical
millet

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
2-5-7, 2-1-11, 2-7-5SKIP code
5d7.6The Kanji Dictionary
2013.2Four corner code
9ecdUnicode hex code
1-21-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5400Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7048New Nelson (John Haig)
2597New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3210Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2605Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2651Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
47991Morohashi
shu3Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading
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fish

Kun
うおさかな-ざかな
On
ギョ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1208 of 2500
Radical
fish
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-9, 2-7-4SKIP code
11a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
2733.6Four corner code
2540deroo
9b5aUnicode hex code
1-21-91JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5281Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6845New Nelson (John Haig)
2127New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2636Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1345Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1825Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
171Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
183Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1008A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1485Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
603Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
45956Morohashi
98A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
290Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
290Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190sakade
103Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109henshall3
200Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
485Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1931Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
173Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu2Pinyin reading
eoKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
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child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

Kun
-こ
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
72 of 2500
Radical
child
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

ねっ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-1, 4-2-1SKIP code
2c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
1740.7Four corner code
3547deroo
5b50Unicode hex code
1-27-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1264Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1281New Nelson (John Haig)
3390New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4196Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
38Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
61Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6930Morohashi
25A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
103Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31sakade
43Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
40henshall3
18Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
42crowley
69Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
455Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3, zi2, zi5Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level