鲤 — Chinese character
鲤
lǐ
carp
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Radical
- 195 ⿂ (Fish)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 鱼 里
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fish; meaning component 鱼; sound component 里
- Traditional
- 鯉
Common words with 鲤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲤鱼 (鯉魚) | lǐ yú | carp |
| 锦鲤 (錦鯉) | jǐn lǐ | koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) |
| 海鲤 (海鯉) | hǎi lǐ | sea bream |
| 裸鲤 (裸鯉) | luǒ lǐ | naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) |
| 鲤鱼打挺 (鯉魚打挺) | lǐ yú dǎ tǐng | (martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands); (fig.) to jolt upright |
| 鲤鱼旗 (鯉魚旗) | lǐ yú qí | koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day |
| 鲮鲤 (鯪鯉) | líng lǐ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater |
| 鲮鲤甲 (鯪鯉甲) | líng lǐ jiǎ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater |
| 鲮鲤科 (鯪鯉科) | líng lǐ kē | the pangolin family |
English words written with 鲤
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.