16 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

abalone

Kun'yomi
  • abalone
On'yomi
  • ホウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

あわび 100.0%

Character Breakdown

abalone
あわび ホ ホウ (Kentei 1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
wrap, pack up, cover
つつ.む ホウ くる.む (4th, N2)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)

Common Words

thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
dried stretched abalone flesh
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References

Unicode hex code 9B91
JIS X 0208 1-82-26
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5284
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6851
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46074
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a5.4
Four corner code 2731.2