What does kanji 鰹 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鰹 is bonito.

How is kanji 鰹 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鰹 are かつお; the onyomi readings are ケン.

What words use kanji 鰹?

Example words that use kanji 鰹 include 鰹だし, 鰹の烏帽子, 鰹鯨, 鰹節虫.

Pre-Level 1

鰹

Meaning

Kanji 鰹

bonito

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かつお
Onyomi 音読み: ケン
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 23
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 堅 • 慳 • 樫 • 鏗 • 摼 • 熞 • 䃘

Related vocabulary

Showing 14 common entries

Showing 14 of 22 entries that include this kanji.

鰹だし

かつおだし

(dried) bonito stock

鰹の烏帽子

かつおのえぼし

Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)

鰹鯨

かつおくじら

Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)

鰹節虫

かつおぶしむし

dermestid beetle

鰹鳥

かつおどり

booby (esp. the brown booby, Sula leucogaster)

歯鰹

はがつお

striped bonito (Sarda orientalis)

縞鰹

しまがつお

Pacific pomfret (Brama japonica)

宗太鰹

そうだがつお

frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)

秋鰹

あきがつお

bonito caught in autumn

真魚鰹

まながつお

butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus)

宗太鰹属

そうだがつおぞく

Auxis (genus of tuna)

白鰹鳥

しろかつおどり

northern gannet (Morus bassanus)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

鰹のたたきを食べました。

I ate seared bonito.

鰹節は出汁をとるのに使われます。

Dried bonito flakes are used to make broth.

彼は新鮮な鰹を釣った。

He caught a fresh bonito.

この料理は鰹の出汁が効いている。

This dish has a strong bonito broth flavor.

初鰹の季節がやってきた。

The season for the first catch of bonito has arrived.