魚 fish

On'yomi: ギョ
Kun'yomi: うお、さかな
Strokes: 11
JLPT: N4
Taught in: Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

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11

魚 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A pointed 𠂊 head, a 田 body scaled like a rice field, and 灬 for the tail fin flicking water — a fish.

A common word

魚さかな fish

Example sentences

わたしは魚が好きです。
わたしはさかながすきです。
I like fish.
今晩は魚を焼きます。
こんばんはさかなをやきます。
Tonight I'll grill fish.

Kanji that share a part

灬 is a component. 22 kanji share it in all.

黒 black
点 point
馬 horse
鳥 bird
無 nothing
然 sort of thing N3
熱 heat N3
為 sake N2

田 is a component. 25 kanji share it in all.