Kanken 1
鯰

Meaning

Kanji 鯰

(kokuji)

(kokuji), fresh-water catfish

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
なまず
Onyomi 音読み
ネン
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
19
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
騐 • 錜 • 念 • 捻 • 唸 • 埝 • 淰

Related vocabulary

11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

ナマズ号

ナマズごう

earthquake simulator

ナマズ髭

なまずひげ

drooping moustache

鯰

なまず

catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)

鯰絵

なまずえ

woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

ヨーロッパ大鯰

ヨーロッパおおなまず

Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

逆さ鯰

さかさなまず

upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)

大鯰

だいなまず

giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)

電気鯰

でんきなまず

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

琵琶湖大鯰

びわこおおなまず

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

瓢箪鯰

ひょうたんなまず

(person) slippery as an eel

痺鯰

しびれなまず

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

池で大きな鯰を見つけた。

I found a big freshwater catfish in the pond.

鯰は川の底でじっとしていた。

The freshwater catfish stayed still at the bottom of the river.

父は昨夜、鯰を釣った。

My father caught a freshwater catfish last night.

この店の鯰料理は評判がいい。

The freshwater catfish dishes at this restaurant have a good reputation.

雨の前には鯰がよく動くと言われる。

It is said that freshwater catfish often become active before rain.