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鯨
Kanji meaning "whale"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #2695
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
Stroke order
(19 strokes)
Composed of
魚
fish
radical
京
capital
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
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Reading usage
くじら
88 (73%)
げい
31 (26%)
いさな
2 (2%)
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale (Cetacea spp.)
#29781
白
(
しろ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
white whale
#75741
鯨
(
くじら
)
幕
(
まく
)
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
#146580
鯨瀬
(
くじらぜ
)
Kujiraze
#181191
鯨
(
くじら
)
座
(
ざ
)
Cetus (constellation)
#203389
鯨
(
くじら
)
漁
(
りょう
)
whaling
#216401
子
(
こ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale calf
#247028
鯨津
(
くじらつ
)
Kujiratsu
#251816
抹
(
まっ
)
香
(
こう
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
sperm whale
#270185
鯨島
(
くじらじま
)
Kujirajima
#283700
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Most common words using this kanji
鯨
(
くじら
)
whale (Cetacea spp.)
#29781
白
(
しろ
)
鯨
(
くじら
)
white whale
#75741
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
whaling
#100690
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
船
(
せん
)
whaling ship
#115727
鯨井
(
くじい
)
Kujii
#122420
巨
(
きょ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
huge whale
#126671
鯨
(
げい
)
油
(
ゆ
)
whale oil
#137769
鯨
(
げい
)
飲
(
いん
)
drinking hard
#146403
鯨
(
くじら
)
幕
(
まく
)
black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
#146580
鯨
(
げい
)
波
(
は
)
raging waves
#147081
鯨波
(
とき
)
battle cry
#149855
白鯨
(
はくげい
)
Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)
#156748
鯨
(
げい
)
肉
(
にく
)
whale meat
#157458
鯨岡
(
くじおか
)
Kujioka
#173939
鯨瀬
(
くじらぜ
)
Kujiraze
#181191
捕
(
ほ
)
鯨
(
げい
)
砲
(
ほう
)
(whaling) harpoon gun
#181208
鯨
(
げい
)
骨
(
こつ
)
whale bone
#202663
鯨
(
くじら
)
座
(
ざ
)
Cetus (constellation)
#203389
鯨
(
くじら
)
漁
(
りょう
)
whaling
#216401
鯨
(
げい
)
飲
(
いん
)
馬
(
ば
)
食
(
しょく
)
drinking like a fish and eating like a horse
#232294
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