KANJI: GYO uo (fish)

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Character Etymology:

From a pictograph of a fish, vertically oriented.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: GYO
kun-yomi: uo sakana -zakana

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: i

English Definitions:

  1. GYO, uo, sakana: fish.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 6845
Henshall: 98

Unicode Encoded Version:

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

魚市場 (uoichiba): fish market.
(gyoniku): fish meat.
魚釣 (uotsuri): fishing.
(gyorai): torpedo.

 

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