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Kanji Details for 鯖

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Strokes: 19

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mackerel
  • セイ
  • ショウ
  • さば

Popular Words With This Kanji

  • mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

  • さばを読む, 鯖を読む

    to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age

  • 本鯖

    chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)