Kanji 魚 radical on the left side Official MV

Believe it or not, there’s a music video about kanji with the 魚 radical on the left side (魚偏) (うおへん).
It’s a delightful song and video produced by Up Front Agency (home of Hello Project). I’m confused as to why they would make such a video but I think the song is kinda catchy so check it out if you have a few spare minutes.

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User name checks out

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Why not? :stuck_out_tongue:

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The best reason for doing so many things.

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We do what we must because we can

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Lmao how fun

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Except when we do what we can because we must.

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Or when we run out of cake.

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But the science gets done, and you make a neat gun, for the people who are still alive.

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It reminded me of an old Sesame Street video about silent e on the end of words - hat vs hate, bite vs bit. Could be a really handy song to memorise those 32 kanji!

This is what I could find in Jisho with Daijirin as backup.

【ふな】crucian carp
【かれい】righteye flounder
【いわな】some kind of salmon?
【あゆ】sweetfish
【さわら】Japanese Spanish mackerel
【しいら】mahi-mahi
【かじか】sculpin
【このしろ】konoshiro gizzard shad
【たら】gadid
【きす】sillago
【たなご】silver carp
【あじ】horse mackerel
【ふか】(large) shark
【えら】gills; branchia
【さば】mackerel
【はまち】young Japanese amberjack (関西弁)
【あわび】abalone
【いわし】pilchard
𩸽【ほっけ】arabesque greenling
【たい】sea bream
【とど】Steller sea lion?
【なまず】catfish
【わかさぎ】Japanese pond smelt
【かわはぎ】thread-sail filefish?
𩹉【とびうお】flying fish? Daijirin lists とびうお as 飛魚 not 𩹉, unicode info
【ひらめ】flounder
【すばしり】young striped mullet?
𩺊【あら】saw-edged perch
【まぐろ】tuna
【まぐろ】Japanese dace
【しゃち】orca
【ぶり】Japanese amberjack

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The song’s title is actually another pun: 恋する!さかなへん

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I was pretty bummed out a few years ago when a japanese person pointed out my username 魚師 looks just like the kanji for Amberjack 鰤

But now I am proud to be ブリ!!

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Are you… in despair, perhaps? :stuck_out_tongue:

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もう鰤鰤人間
でもきっと君がいたら魳?

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