The kanji 魚: meaning, readings and stroke order

魚

Meaning: fish
On reading: ギョ gyo
Kun reading: うお uo、さかな sakana
Strokes: 11
Radical: 魚 fish
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con cá (ngư)
Japanese: さかな。
Korean: 물고기 (어)
Chinese: 鱼

Readings, words and example sentences

ギョ gyo · on reading

金きん魚ぎょ
goldfish
金きん魚ぎょを二ひきかっています。
I have two goldfish.

うお uo · kun reading

魚うお市いち場ば
fish market
朝早く 魚うお市いち場ばへ行きます。
I go to the fish market early in the morning.

さかな sakana · kun reading

魚さかな
fish
海で 魚さかなをつります。
I go fishing in the sea.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.