Fish names with Sakana-hen radicals that are useful to know

If you already know the Kanji for fish; 魚(sakana), you might easily guess the meanings of Kanji with Sakana-hen radical (魚).

There are a lot of fish names in Kanji with Sakana-hen radical.

Here’s some good examples that we often use in our daily life in Japan.

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Kanji Hiragana Romaji English
さけ sake salmon
ます masu trout
まぐろ maguro tuna
あじ aji horse mackerel
いわし iwashi sardine
かつお katsuo bonito
さば saba mackerel
たい tai sea bream
たら tara cod
にしん nishin herring
ぶり buri yellowtail
すずき suzuki sea bass
かれい karei flounder
うなぎ unagi eel
はも hamo dagger-tooth pike conger
きす kisu sand-smelt
さわら sawara Spanish mackerel
ひらめ hirame sole
あゆ ayu sweetfish
さめ same shark
こい koi carp
くじら kujira whale

All of these Kanji are a little difficult as we don’t learn them at elementary schools. In other words, you might impress Japanese people if you know them 😉

 

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