# 魚 — Fish

Frequency rank 963 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 奈 (Nara), less common than 易 (Easy).

- On’yomi: ぎょ
- Kun’yomi: うお、さかな
- Radical: 魚 Fish (Kangxi 195)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The character 魚 (fish) looks like a fish — the top strokes form the head, the middle is the scaled body, and the bottom shows the tail fins spread wide.

In words:

- 魚 さかな — fish
- 金魚 きんぎょ — goldfish

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