鮎
Freshwater Trout
Meanings
Freshwater Trout, Smelt
On'yomi
でん、 ねん
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
あゆ、 なまず
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
鮎 is written in 16 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
鮎 (Freshwater Trout) is not taught on WaniKani and appears in the JLPT N1 kanji set. It ranks #2201 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 16 strokes.
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