Hanja Analyzer
鰯

鰯 — yak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
멸치 약, 정어리 약
Romanization
yak
English
a sardine
Mandarin
ruò
Japanese kun'yomi
いわし
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
21
Radical
魚 (195, 10 residual)
Phonetic component
弱(약)
Unicode
U+9C2F

Parts that make up 鰯

  • 魚 고기/물고기 어 머리·몸통·꼬리를 갖춘 물고기물고기의 이름과 고기잡이
  • 弱 약할 약sound 휘어 약한 활 둘약하다. ‘약’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 鰯

  • 鰯いわし pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
  • 鰯雲いわしぐも cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky
  • 畳鰯たたみいわし sheet of dried sardines
  • 赤鰯あかいわし pickled sardines; dried sardines; red sardines
  • 干鰯ほしか fertilizer made from dried sardines
  • 鰯鯨いわしくじら sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
  • 真鰯まいわし Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
  • 唐鰯からいわし Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)
  • 外鰯そといわし bonefish (Albula vulpes); banana fish; ladyfish
  • 裸鰯はだかいわし lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)
  • 鰯油いわしゆ pilchard oil; sardine oil
  • 鰯節いわしぶし dried, smoked pilchard; shavings from dried, smoked pilchard

Characters sharing the phonetic 弱

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “약” in Korean.

Other hanja read “약”

Other hanja with radical 魚

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