fish

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The on reading is ちょう, and the kun reading is つる. It has 11 strokes. It appears in words for fishing and for change returned after a payment.
• Basic usage: 釣る is read つる, and 釣り銭 is read つりせん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 釣る / 釣り銭
  • 釣る means to fish and is read つる. It describes catching fish with fishing gear.
  • 祖父は川で小さな魚を釣った。 means “My grandfather caught a small fish in the river.”
  • 釣り銭 means change and is read つりせん. It refers to the change returned after a payment.
  • 店員から釣り銭を受け取って財布に入れた。 means “I received the change from the clerk and put it in my wallet.”