Entry
  1. Noun

    otter (Lutra lutra)

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 獺【かわうそ】河獺【かわうそ】

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Characters in this word

2
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stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

Kun
かわ
On
セン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
181 of 2500
Radical
river
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

さわ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
0a3.2The Kanji Dictionary
2200.0Four corner code
1254deroo
5dddUnicode hex code
1-32-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1447Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1526New Nelson (John Haig)
6New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
127Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
111A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
20Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8673Morohashi
48A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39sakade
49Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
59henshall3
21Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
196crowley
101Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.10busy_people
548Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
129Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chuan1Pinyin reading
cheonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level
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otter

Kun
うそかわかわうそ
On
ダツタツ
Strokes
19
Radical
dog

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-3-16SKIP code
3g16.1The Kanji Dictionary
4728.6Four corner code
737aUnicode hex code
1-64-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2917Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3615New Nelson (John Haig)
2791Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20782Morohashi
ta4, ta3Pinyin reading
dal, chalKorean reading