Word Meaning 河豚

ふぐ fugu

河豚 is read as ふぐ (fugu) and means puffer fish.

Meaning

English

puffer fish
blow fish
fugu
globefish
swellfish

Reading

Kana

ふぐ

Romaji

fugu

Writing Variants

河豚かとん katon
河豚ふく fuku
河豚ふくべ fukube
鰒ふぐ fugu
魨ふぐ fugu
鮐ふぐ fugu
鯸ふぐ fugu
鯺ふぐ fugu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 133864 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

河海豚

かわいるか

river dolphin

赤目河豚

あかめふぐ

red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)

彼岸河豚

ひがんふぐ

panther puffer (Takifugu pardalis)

真河豚

まふぐ

purple puffer (Takifugu porphyreus)

潮際河豚

しょうさいふぐ

Takifugu snyderi (species of pufferfish)

化粧河豚

けしょうふぐ

map puffer (Arothron mappa)

金剛河豚

こんごうふぐ

longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)

小紋河豚

こもんふぐ

finepatterned puffer (Takifugu poecilonotus)

星河豚

ほしふぐ

starry toado (pufferfish, Arothron firmamentum)

草河豚

くさふぐ

grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles)

虎河豚

とらふぐ

Japanese pufferfish (Takifugu rubripes)

揚子江河海豚

ようすこうかわいるか

baiji (Lipotes vexillifer)

Example Sentences

河豚は食いたし命は惜しし。

Every rose has its thorn.

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