What does kanji 鰺 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鰺 is horse mackerel.

How is kanji 鰺 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鰺 are あじ; the onyomi readings are ソウ.

What words use kanji 鰺?

Example words that use kanji 鰺 include 鰺, 鰺のたたき, 鰺刺, 糸引鰺.

Pre-Level 1

鰺

Meaning

Kanji 鰺

horse mackerel

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: あじ
Onyomi 音読み: ソウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 鯵 (Legal Form) , 鲹 (Itaiji)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 22
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 驂 • 鬖 • 黲 • 參 • 傪 • 滲 • 蔘

Related vocabulary

Showing 7 common entries

Showing 7 of 10 entries that include this kanji.

鰺

あじ

horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus)

鰺のたたき

あじのたたき

fresh scad

鰺刺

あじさし

tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)

糸引鰺

いとひきあじ

African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)

極鰺刺

きょくあじさし

Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)

小鰺刺

こあじさし

little tern (the official bird of Chiba)

背黒鰺刺

せぐろあじさし

sooty tern

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

夕飯に鰺の塩焼きを食べた。

I ate salt-grilled horse mackerel for dinner.

市場に新鮮な鰺が並んでいた。

Fresh horse mackerel were lined up at the market.

父は朝早く港で鰺を釣った。

My father caught horse mackerel at the harbor early in the morning.

この店の鰺フライはとても人気がある。

The fried horse mackerel at this restaurant is very popular.

鰺は味がよい魚として知られている。

Horse mackerel is known as a tasty fish.