The kanji 鯨: meaning, readings and stroke order

鯨

Meaning: whale
On reading: ゲイ gei
Kun reading: くじら kujira
Strokes: 19
Radical: 魚 fish
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cá voi (kình)
Japanese: くじら。
Korean: 고래 (경)
Chinese: 鲸、鲸鱼 (鲸)

Readings, words and example sentences

ゲイ gei · on reading · less common

捕ほ鯨げい
whaling
捕ほ鯨げいの歴史を調べます。
I look into the history of whaling.

くじら kujira · kun reading

鯨くじら
whale
海で 鯨くじらを見ました。
I saw a whale 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.