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鯨
Kanji meaning "whale"
Jiten frequency #2690
JLPT N1
Secondary
Kanken Level 3
WaniKani Level 54
RTK
KLC Volume 6
TMW Prima Idol
19 strokes
Meanings
whale
On'yomi
ゲイ
Kun'yomi
くじら
Reading usage
くじら
88 (73%)
げい
31 (26%)
いさな
2 (2%)
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale (Cetacea spp.)
#29521
白
(
しろ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
white whale
#75965
鯨
(
くじら
)
幕
(
まく
)
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
#149976
鯨
(
くじら
)
座
(
ざ
)
Cetus (constellation)
#198572
鯨津
(
くじらつ
)
Kujiratsu
#238325
子
(
こ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale calf
#245270
鯨
(
くじら
)
漁
(
りょう
)
whaling
#245270
鯨島
(
くじらじま
)
Kujirajima
#269362
山
(
やま
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
wild boar meat
#275889
抹
(
まっ
)
香
(
こう
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
sperm whale
#277366
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Most common words using this kanji
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale (Cetacea spp.)
#29521
白
(
しろ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
white whale
#75965
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
whaling
#101061
鯨井
(
くじい
)
Kujii
#112091
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
船
(
せん
)
whaling ship
#114636
巨
(
きょ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
huge whale
#130614
鯨波
(
とき
)
battle cry
#140047
鯨
(
げい
)
波
(
は
)
raging waves
#141060
鯨
(
げい
)
油
(
ゆ
)
whale oil
#143732
鯨
(
くじら
)
幕
(
まく
)
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
#149976
鯨
(
げい
)
飲
(
いん
)
drinking hard
#155072
鯨岡
(
くじおか
)
Kujioka
#171757
鯨
(
げい
)
肉
(
にく
)
whale meat
#181691
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
砲
(
ほう
)
(whaling) harpoon gun
#192218
鯨
(
げい
)
骨
(
こつ
)
whale bone
#196313
鯨
(
くじら
)
座
(
ざ
)
Cetus (constellation)
#198572
白鯨
(
はくげい
)
Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
#214369
鯨
(
げい
)
飲
(
いん
)
馬
(
ば
)
食
(
しょく
)
drinking like a fish and eating like a horse
#219336
鯨津
(
くじらつ
)
Kujiratsu
#238325
子
(
こ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale calf
#245270
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