EntryCommonWaniKani 36
  1. Noun

    salmon (Salmonidae spp.)

    鮭は川をさかのぼって砂に産卵する。
    Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
  2. chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon

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salmon

Kun
さけしゃけふぐ
On
カイケイ
Strokes
17
Frequency
2477 of 2500
Radical
fish

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Dictionary and index codes (13)
CodeReference
1-11-6SKIP code
11a6.3The Kanji Dictionary
2431.4Four corner code
9badUnicode hex code
1-26-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5291Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6859New Nelson (John Haig)
2815Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2830Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2671Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
46132Morohashi
gui1Pinyin reading
hae, gyuKorean reading