Historical Evolution
鲇
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鲇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲇 / 鮎 [nián]
sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鯰|鲶[nián]
Japanese
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鮎 あゆ
Ayu female given name
鮎 あゆみ
Ayumi female given name
鮎 でん
Den unclassified name
鮎 ねん
Nen unclassified name
JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 鮎 [あゆ] #33,018
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)
若鮎 [わかあゆ] #111,021
young sweetfish
稚鮎 [ちあゆ] #172,920
young sweetfish
鮎釣り [あゆつり] #190,645
ayu fishing
落ち鮎 [おちあゆ] #202,252
sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)
鮎漁 [あゆりょう] #240,175
fishing for ayu
鮎魚女 [あいなめ] #255,516
fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)
マジェラン鮎並 [マジェランあいなめ]
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
兵児鮎 [へこあゆ]
razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)
琉球鮎 [りゅうきゅうあゆ]
Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)
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