Entry
  1. Noun

    shachihoko; shachi; mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 鯱鉾【しゃちほこ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fabulous dolphin-like fish, killer whale, (kokuji)

Kun
しゃちほこしゃち
Strokes
19
Radical
fish

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Dictionary and index codes (9)
CodeReference
1-11-8SKIP code
11a8.10The Kanji Dictionary
2131.7Four corner code
9bf1Unicode hex code
1-82-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5306Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6885New Nelson (John Haig)
46286Morohashi
hoKorean reading