Pre-Level 1
鰭

Meaning

Kanji 鰭

fin

fin

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
ひれ
Onyomi 音読み
キギ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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Frequency
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Strokes
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
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Related vocabulary

29 common entries

Showing 29 of 29 entries that include this kanji.

ひれ酒

ひれざけ

hot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)

鰭

ひれ

fin (e.g. of a fish)

鰭脚類

ききゃくるい

pinnipeds (seals and walruses)

鰭条

きじょう

fin ray

鰭足鷸

ひれあししぎ

phalarope (any sandpiper of family Phalaropodidae)

鰭長巨頭

ひれながごんどう

long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)

胸鰭

むなびれ

pectoral fin

脂鰭

あぶらびれ

adipose fin

小鰭

こはだ

mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)

赤鰭

あかひれ

white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes)

特鰭

とくびれ

sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

背鰭

せびれ

dorsal fin

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

魚は鰭を広げて泳いだ。

The fish swam with its fins spread out.

その魚の鰭はとても長い。

That fish has very long fins.

鰭を傷つけた魚は元気がなかった。

The fish with the injured fin looked weak.

水槽の中で鰭がきらりと光った。

A fin flashed brightly in the tank.

大きな鰭で水を押して進む。

It moves forward by pushing water with its large fins.