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Kanji for Sweetfish
The kanji for “sweetfish” is 鮎, read den and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
鮎
sweetfish
The ayu, a slender river fish loved as the taste of early summer.
Ayu (鮎) is also a popular girls’ name in Japan.
16 strokes On reading デン、ネン (den, nen) Kun reading あゆ、なまず (ayu, namazu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: freshwater trout, smelt
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ayu
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