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鯨 means 'whale'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 2223   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-42    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 20 words   Used in 69 words   Used in 60 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ゲイ
Kun
   くじら whale
Variants
鲸 (Chinese)  
Notes
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See how whales relate to cows, hippopotami, and boars. Learn anatomical terms from blubber to the blowhole. Discover why sperm whales are “incense whales” in Japanese, see what “the scent of dragon slobber” represents, and learn why 鬚 (beard) appears in important whale words. Find out about Osaka’s whalebone bridge, and learn how the Japanese talk about the whaling controversy.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鯨 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 鯨 is used 63 times, read 2 ways.
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ゲイ : 17 words FIND ALL
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noun
whaling; whale fishing
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くじら : 46 words FIND ALL
く じ ら 0
Most common form: クジラ
noun
whale (Cetacea spp.)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 6 less common words include 鯨 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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鯨
ゲイ   くじら whale   
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京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
魚
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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⺈
corner
田
デン   た rice field   
灬
fire
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