Home / Frequency / 鯨

鯨

Level XVII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 2212 / 2,608

Whale

On’yomi
げい
Kun’yomi
くじら
Radical
魚 Fish (Kangxi 195)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 峠 (Mountain Pass), less common than 勿 (Must not).

A fish on the left swims toward the capital on the right — a whale is a fish so massive it could supply the entire capital city.

In words

捕鯨 ほげい whaling;whale fishingN1

鯨 is rank 2212 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

Study 鯨 →