Kanken 1
螈

Meaning

Kanji 螈

newt

newt, summer-raised silkworm

Stroke Order

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Unicode code: U+8788

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
いもり
Onyomi 音読み
ガンゲン
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
16
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
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Related vocabulary

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井守

いもり

newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

池の石の下に小さな螈がいた。

There was a small newt under a stone by the pond.

子どもたちは水そうの螈をじっと見ていた。

The children were quietly watching the newt in the tank.

螈は春になると水辺でよく見られる。

Newts are often seen near the water in spring.

昔は夏に螈を育てる家もあった。

In the past, some families also raised summer silkworms.

この地方では螈の飼育が夏の仕事だった。

In this region, raising summer silkworms used to be summer work.