Entry
  1. Noun

    remora (any fish of family Echeneidae); suckerfish; sharksucker

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

    Usually written using kana alone

  3. person who attaches themself to someone else for personal gain; hanger-on

    Usually written using kana aloneDerogatory

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Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

judgement, judgment, signature, stamp, seal

Kun
わか.る
On
ハンバン
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
197 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-5-2SKIP code
2f5.2The Kanji Dictionary
9250.0Four corner code
1043deroo
5224Unicode hex code
1-40-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465New Nelson (John Haig)
1122New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1441Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
765Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1205Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1289Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
291A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
434Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1923Morohashi
769A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1065Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860sakade
354Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
790henshall3
673Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
187crowley
899Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
187Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1213Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pan4Pinyin reading
panKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shark

Kun
さめみずち
On
コウ
Strokes
17
Frequency
2244 of 2500
Radical
fish

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-11-6SKIP code
11a6.5The Kanji Dictionary
2034.8Four corner code
9babUnicode hex code
1-27-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5294Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6863New Nelson (John Haig)
2354Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2821Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2836Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2672Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
46127Morohashi
jiao1Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading