Kanji 鮫 Words: Meanings and Readings

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

ボンネット撞木鮫

ボンネットしゅもくざめ

bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)

葦切鮫

よしきりざめ

blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark)

姥鮫

うばざめ

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

汚鮫

よごれざめ

oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)

花鮫

はなざめ

spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)

鎧鮫

よろいざめ

kitefin shark (Dalatias licha)

角鮫

つのざめ

dogfish (any shark of family Squalidae)

牛鮫

うしざめ

bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

鋸鮫

のこぎりざめ

saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Prietiophorus japonicus)

銀鮫

ぎんざめ

silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific)

恵比須鮫

えびすざめ

broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus, species of circumglobal cow shark with 7 gill slits)

虎斑鮫

とらふざめ

zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)

江戸油鮫

えどあぶらざめ

sharpnose sevengill shark (Heptranchias perlo)

黒縁目白鮫

くろへりめじろざめ

copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)

黒尖鮫

くろとがりざめ

silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis, species of circumtropical requiem shark)

沙皮

さめがわ

shagreen (from a shark or stingray)

坂田鮫

さかたざめ

yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)

鮫鞘

さめざや

sharkskin scabbard

鮫肌

さめはだ

rough skin (like that of a shark)

鮫肌井守

さめはだいもり

rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa)

鮫肌手長蛸

さめはだてながだこ

starry night octopus (Octopus luteus)

子守鮫

こもりざめ

nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)

七日鮫

なぬかざめ

blotchy swell shark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile)

小蝶鮫

こちょうざめ

sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)

小判鮫

こばんざめ

live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

神楽鮫

かぐらざめ

bluntnose sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)

人食い鮫

ひとくいざめ

man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)

甚兵衛鮫

じんべえざめ

whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

甚平鮫

じんべいざめ

whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

星鮫

ほしざめ

starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo)

青鮫

あおざめ

shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)

赤撞木鮫

あかしゅもくざめ

scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)

鼠鮫

ねずみざめ

salmon shark (species of North Pacific mackerel shark, Lamna ditropis)

糟鮫

かすざめ

Japanese angel shark (Squatina japonica)

大蝶鮫

おおちょうざめ

beluga (species of sturgeon, Huso huso)

大目白鮫

おおめじろざめ

bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

達磨鮫

だるまざめ

cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis)

団扇撞木鮫

うちわしゅもくざめ

bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)

蝶鮫

ちょうざめ

sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)

帝蝶鮫

みかどちょうざめ

Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)

奴智鮫

どちざめ

banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

東雲坂田鮫

しののめさかたざめ

bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma)

撞木鮫

しゅもくざめ

hammerhead shark

忍者烏鮫

にんじゃからすざめ

ninja lanternshark (Etmopterus benchleyi)

猫鮫

ねこざめ

bullhead shark (esp. the Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus)

馬鹿鮫

ばかざめ

basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

白撞木鮫

しろしゅもくざめ

smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena, species of hammerhead shark)

尾黒目白鮫

おぐろめじろざめ

blacktail reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark)

尾長鮫

おながざめ

thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)

平撞木鮫

ひらしゅもくざめ

great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran, the largest species of hammerhead shark)

箆蝶鮫

へらちょうざめ

American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

変わり蝶鮫

かわりちょうざめ

sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)

頬白鮫

ほおじろざめ

great white shark

墨付鮫

すみつきざめ

whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri, species of the Indo-West Pacific)

箕作鮫

みつくりざめ

goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)

目白鮫

めじろざめ

sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

油角鮫

あぶらつのざめ

spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

油鮫

あぶらざめ

spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

藍鮫

あいざめ

any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)

鰐鮫

わにざめ

ferocious shark

檸檬鮫

れもんざめ

sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)

藪雨

やぶさめ

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

鼬鮫

いたちざめ

tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)