Kanji N1

鮎: freshwater trout, smelt

鮎 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning freshwater trout, smelt, written with 16 strokes. It is read デン, ネン (on) and あゆ, なまず (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names.

鮎

Meanings

  • freshwater trout
  • smelt
Strokes16
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2201 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • デン
  • ネン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あゆ
  • なまず

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 16. Start at the dot.

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.