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Kotomora

鰭

fin

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Readings

On'yomi

  • キ
  • ギ

Kun'yomi

  • ひれ

Meaning

鰭 centers on the fin of a fish or other aquatic animal.

Most common words using 鰭

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  • 鰭ひれ

    fin (e.g. of a fish)

  • 尾鰭おびれ

    caudal fin; tail fin

  • 背鰭せびれ

    dorsal fin

  • 小鰭こはだ

    mid-sized konoshiro gizzard shad (i.e. about 15 cm in size)

  • アメリカ鰭足鷸アメリカひれあししぎ

    Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

  • 小鰭巨頭こびれごんどう

    short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhyncus)

  • 担鰭骨たんきこつ

    bones supporting the fins of a fish

  • 条鰭綱じょうきこう

    Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes)

  • 灰色鰭足鷸はいいろひれあししぎ

    red phalarope; grey phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

  • 特鰭とくびれ

    sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)

  • 獅子に鰭ししにひれ

    making something strong even stronger; (giving) fins to a lion

  • 肉鰭綱にくきこう

    Sarcopterygii (class comprising the lobe-finned fishes)

  • 肉鰭類にくきるい

    sarcopterygians (fishes of subclass Sarcopterygii)

  • 胸鰭むなびれ

    pectoral fin

  • 脂鰭あぶらびれ

    adipose fin

  • 腹鰭はらびれ

    pelvic fin; ventral fin

  • 臀鰭しりびれ

    anal fin

  • 赤襟鰭足鷸あかえりひれあししぎ

    red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

  • 赤鰭あかひれ

    white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio

  • 鰭条きじょう

    fin ray

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Study

Etymology

鰭 combines 魚 (fish) with 耆, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to an older idea of a projecting part. The exact historical development of 耆 in this character is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is a fish 魚, and the right side 耆 looks like an old man with a long beard. Picture an old fish with a prominent, flowing fin like a beard.

Reading mnemonic

For キ, imagine a fish with a fin shaped like a key: key -> キ, and the key-fin unlocks the fish's swimming power.