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[こけら()]
kokera
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

uroko
[うろこ()]
uroko
koke
[こけ()]
koke
kokera
uroko

English Meaning(s) for 鱗

noun
  1. scale (of fish, snake, etc.)
  2. serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

Definition and Synonyms for 鱗

Scale a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
Synonyms: うろこ, 鱗屑, 鱗片
Fish any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
Synonyms: とと, うろこ, フィッシュ, 銀鱗, , 魚族
Lapping covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Synonyms: うろこ
Scurf a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin
Synonyms: うろこ, 鱗片
Scurf a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts
Synonyms: うろこ

Meanings for each kanji in 鱗

» scales (fish)

Categories 鱗 is a member of

Aquatic Vertebrate animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
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Covering an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
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Fleck a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
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Natural Covering a natural object that covers or envelops
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