鯛
鯛 — Sea bream
sea bream, red snapper
On’yomiチョウ (chou)
Kun’yomiたい (tai)
Stroke order (19 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 鯛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鯛 | タイ tai | sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy |
Study notes
鯛 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 19 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2446 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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