19 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

herring

Kun'yomi
  • Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
  • はららご
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

にしん 100.0%

Character Breakdown

herring
にしん ヒ はららご (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
un-, mistake, negative
ヒ あら.ず (5th, N3)

References

Unicode hex code 9BE1
JIS X 0208 1-82-44
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5302
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6880
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46243
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a8.2
Four corner code 2131.1