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鮫 means shark in Japanese in a single Kanji. 鮫 is often used in Japanese along with a Kanji adjective. This would be the base Kanji for titles like “Tiger Shark,” “Hammerhead Shark,” “Thresher Shark,” etc.
This character can be pronounced in Chinese but is only used in combination with other characters to create shark-related titles. This Kanji is best if your audience is Japanese.
This single Chinese character means shark.
However, in Japanese, it can refer to the family of goby fish.
鯊 is good if you're looking for the word shark in Chinese and Japanese folks might misunderstand it.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鮫 鲛 see styles |
jiāo jiao1 chiao same(p); same(p) さめ(P); サメ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Shark(kana only) shark; (surname) Same |
鯊 鲨 see styles |
shā sha1 sha haze はぜ |
More info & calligraphy: Shark(1) goby (fish); (2) yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus) |
鯊魚 鲨鱼 see styles |
shā yú sha1 yu2 sha yü |
More info & calligraphy: Shark |
汚 污 see styles |
wū wu1 wu yogore; yogore よごれ; ヨゴレ |
variant of 污[wu1] (kana only) (See 汚鮫・よごれざめ,オーシャニックホワイトティップシャーク) oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) Filthy, impure. kleśa; contamination of attachment to the pleasures of sense, to heretical views, to moral and ascetic practices regarded as adequate to salvation, to the belief in the self, all which cause misery.; Impure; to defile. |
魦 see styles |
shā sha1 sha |
shark family, including some rays and skates |
鮣 䲟 see styles |
yìn yin4 yin |
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates) |
鰐 鳄 see styles |
è e4 o wani わに |
variant of 鱷|鳄[e4] (1) (kana only) crocodile; alligator; (2) (archaism) shark; (place-name) Wani; (myth) wani (mythological sea monster) A crocodile. |
鱶 see styles |
fuka; fuka ふか; フカ |
(kana only) (ksb:) (See 鮫) (large) shark |
サメ see styles |
same サメ |
(kana only) shark; (female given name) Same |
フカ see styles |
buga ブガ |
(kana only) (ksb:) (large) shark; (place-name) Buga (Colombia) |
ワニ see styles |
wani ワニ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (kana only) crocodile; alligator; crocodilian; (2) (archaism) shark |
印魚 印鱼 see styles |
yìn yú yin4 yu2 yin yü |
shark sucker (Echeneis naucrates) |
大瀬 see styles |
oose; oose オオセ; おおせ |
(kana only) Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark; (surname) Ose |
妻白 see styles |
tsumajiro つまじろ |
(kana only) silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans) |
妻黒 see styles |
tsumaguro つまぐろ |
(1) (kana only) blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (archaism) black tip |
姥鮫 see styles |
ubazame; ubazame うばざめ; ウバザメ |
(kana only) (See 馬鹿鮫・ばかざめ) basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
姥鯊 姥鲨 see styles |
lǎo shā lao3 sha1 lao sha |
basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) |
平頭 平头 see styles |
píng tóu ping2 tou2 p`ing t`ou ping tou hiragashira; hiragashira ひらがしら; ヒラガシラ |
flattop; crew cut; common (people) (kana only) milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus) |
排翅 see styles |
pái chì pai2 chi4 p`ai ch`ih pai chih paichii / paichi パイチー |
whole-piece shark's fin {food} (See 鱶鰭) shark fin (chi: paichi) |
星鮫 see styles |
hoshizame; hoshizame ほしざめ; ホシザメ |
(kana only) starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo) |
水鱶 see styles |
mizubuka; mizubuka みずぶか; ミズブカ |
(kana only) (See 葦切鮫) blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark) |
汚鮫 see styles |
yogorezame; yogorezame よごれざめ; ヨゴレザメ |
(kana only) (See 汚・よごれ,オーシャニックホワイトティップシャーク) oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) |
爪白 see styles |
tsumajiro つまじろ |
(kana only) silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans); (place-name) Tsumajiro |
牛鮫 see styles |
ushizame; ushizame うしざめ; ウシザメ |
(kana only) (See 大目白鮫・おおめじろざめ) bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) |
猫鮫 see styles |
nekozame; nekozame ねこざめ; ネコザメ |
(kana only) bullhead shark (esp. the Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus) |
白鰐 see styles |
shirowani; shirowani しろわに; シロワニ |
(kana only) sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus); gray nurse shark |
眠鱶 see styles |
nemuribuka ねむりぶか |
(kana only) whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark) |
睡鱶 see styles |
nemuribuka ねむりぶか |
(kana only) whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark) |
端白 see styles |
tsumajiro つまじろ |
(kana only) silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans) |
端黒 see styles |
tsumaguro つまぐろ |
(1) (kana only) blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (archaism) black tip |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shark | 鮫 鲛 | same | jiāo / jiao1 / jiao | chiao |
Shark | 鯊魚 鲨鱼 | shā yú / sha1 yu2 / sha yu / shayu | sha yü / shayü | |
Shark | 鯊 鲨 | haze | shā / sha1 / sha | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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