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鮎 means 'sweetfish'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1851   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-2    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 8 words   Used in 17 words   Used in 171 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   あゆ sweetfish
On    デン   ネン
Kun    なまず
Name    あい
⿰   fish   occupy  
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鮎 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 鮎 is used 12 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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noun
ayu fishing
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Most common form: 愛女
noun
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional あゆ less common words include 鮎 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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あゆ sweetfish   
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セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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divining rod
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
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