1742. There's something fishy about this collection, can you sniff it out? 堅 東 肖 囚 竹+咸


Answer:

堅  KEN, kata(i) - firm, hard, solid

東  TOU, higashi - east

肖  SHOU - resemble

囚  SHUU - arrest, imprison, prisoner

竹+咸  CHIKU, take - bamboo / KAN, GEN, mina - together, united

They all take the "fish" radical (魚 GYO, sakana, uo - fish) to become other characters.

鰹  katsuo - bonito

鰊   nishin - herring

鮹  tako - octopus

鰮  iwashi - pilchard

鱵  sayori - sajori, halfbeak