Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (鲤)
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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)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)鯧 the silvery pomfret (trad)
Historical Evolution
鲤
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鲤
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鲤
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鲤
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鲤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲤 / 鯉 [lǐ]
carp
Japanese
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鯉 こい
Koi surname
鯉 り
Ri unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (11)
鲤鱼 [lǐyú] #21,661
carp
鲤城区 [Lǐchéngqū] #48,096
Licheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市[Quánzhōushì], Fujian
鲤鱼跳龙门 [lǐyútiàolóngmén] #53,738
to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom)
鲮鲤 [línglǐ] #73,778
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
海鲤 [hǎilǐ]
sea bream
裸鲤 [luǒlǐ]
naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii)
锦鲤 [jǐnlǐ]
koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
鲤城 [Lǐchéng]
Licheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市[Quánzhōushì], Fujian
鲤鱼旗 [lǐyúqí]
koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day
鲮鲤甲 [línglǐjiǎ]
pangolin (Manis pentadactylata)
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
鯉口を切る [こいぐちをきる] #55,605
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
鯉口 [こいぐち] #70,068
opening of a scabbard
錦鯉 [にしきごい] #76,917
coloured carp
鯉のぼり [こいのぼり] #86,850
koinobori
緋鯉 [ひごい] #87,013
red carp
まな板の鯉 [まないたのこい] #109,896
someone doomed to their fate
真鯉 [まごい] #148,884
black carp
養鯉 [ようり] #190,652
carp breeding
似鯉 [にごい] #281,695
Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)
寒鯉 [かんごい] #314,152
koi carp caught during the cold season
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