Components
Traditional (鯛)
Simplified (鲷)
Notes
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Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)鯧 the silvery pomfret (trad)
Historical Evolution
鯛
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鯛
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鯛
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲷 / 鯛 [diāo]
porgy; pagrus major
Japanese
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鯛 たい
Tai surname
鯛 ちょう
Chō unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (2)
JAPANESE WORDS (69)
たい焼き [たいやき] #36,397
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
黒鯛 [くろだい] #100,228
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
真鯛 [まだい] #101,211
red sea bream (Pagrus major)
腐っても鯛 [くさってもたい] #101,694
a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond
金目鯛 [きんめだい] #113,832
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
鯛めし [たいめし] #139,169
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
石鯛 [いしだい] #139,319
striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
甘鯛 [あまだい] #150,116
tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.)
海老で鯛を釣る [えびでたいをつる] #151,797
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale
桜鯛 [さくらだい] #161,468
cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
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