32 fish kanji... How many can you read? Restaurant Kanji 1

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Fish, fish, lots of fish...

I found this cloth with fish kanji...
So we have 32 characters here all with the same radical 魚 (fish.)

Some of these characters even most Japanese won`t know as they are usually written in kana, such as octopus, but some you will see in restaurants and sushi shops...

As a kanji 魚　is read さかな (sakana) （other readings include ギョ、うお　and ~ざかな) gyo, uo, zakana,
and as a radical it is called うお　(uo)

Then we have another part of the character on the other side so everything will be something fish.

So from left to right and top to bottom:
鮗 winter fish このしろ (konoshiro)　konoshiro gizzard shad (type of sardine)

鯏　profit fish　あさり (asari) Manila Clam (also written 浅利）

鮹　resemblance fish たこ　(tako) octopus

鮃 flat fish ひらめ　(hirame) flounder

鱈 snow fish たら　(tara) cod

鰻 (no  stand alone kanji) sun, net again fish! うなぎ　(unagi) eel

鰈 (no  stand alone kanji) World tree fish かれい　(karei) righteye flounder

鮟鱇 (my PC and phone don`t have the kanji on the cloth instead they have these kanji) あんこう　(ankou)　goosefish


鯉 Village fish こい　(koi) carp

 鮍 Skin fish かわはぎ　(kawahagi) thread-sail filefish

 鯖 Blue fish さば　(saba) mackerel

蟹 (my PC and phone dont have the kanji on the cloth instead they have this kanji)　かに　(kani) crab

鱵 (not a stand alone character) We have bamboo and some thing that is used in 感 かんじる feeling　(kanjiru) and 減る　へる decrease　(heru)

 ? fish さより　(sayori) Japanese halfbeak

鰺 participate fish　あじ　(aji) horse mackerel

 眼張  (my PC and phone dont have the kanji on the cloth instead they have these kanji) めばる　（mebaru) black rockfish

鰤 teacher fish ぶり　(buri) Japanese amberjack (type of yellowtail)

魳 one cloth fish かます　(kamasu) barracuda

 鯛 periphery fish たい　(tai) snapper, sea bream

鰯 weak fish いわし　(iwashi) sardine

魛 sword fish たちうお　(tachiuo) largehead hairtail, scabbard fish

鰹 ? fish かつお　(katsuo) bonito

 鰆 spring fish さわら　(sawara) Japanese spanish mackerel

鰰　(my PC and phone dont have the kanji on the cloth instead they have this kanji) はたはた　(hatahata) sailfin sandfish

𩹉 flying fish とびうお　(tobiuo) flying fish

 鱸 ? fish すずき　(suzuki) Japanese sea perch

鰕 ?  fish えび　(ebi) prawn, shrimp

鱚 happy fish きす (kisu) sillago

鰞 (my PC and phone dont have the kanji on the cloth instead they have this kanji or these kanji 烏賊) crow fish いか　(ika) squid

鮎 fortune telling fish あゆ　(ayu) sweetfish

鰒 person, sun, strike fish ふぐ　(fugu) pufferfish

鮭 ground ground fish さけ　(sake) salmon

鮪 famous fish まぐろ　(maguro) Tuna


And finally one bonus kanji...

鯨 capital fish　くじら　(kujira) whale

So i hope you feel more confident next time you enter a Japanese restaurant.   Please leave comments and questions. ありがとう！

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