Chinese symbol for “koi”
锦鲤
jǐn lǐ
Traditional: 錦鯉
koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for koi is 锦鲤 (jǐn lǐ), defined as: koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 锦鲤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锦标赛 (錦標賽) | jǐn biāo sài | championship contest; championships |
| 集锦 (集錦) | jí jǐn | a collection of choice items (poems, photos etc) |
| 世锦赛 (世錦賽) | shì jǐn sài | world championship |
| 锦绣 (錦繡) | jǐn xiù | beautiful |
| 锦上添花 (錦上添花) | jǐn shàng tiān huā | (lit.) to add flowers to brocade (idiom); (fig.) to make sth good even better; to add an extra (often nonessential) benefit or embellishment |
| 什锦 (什錦) | shí jǐn | (food) assorted; mixed |
| 鲤鱼 (鯉魚) | lǐ yú | carp |
| 海鲤 (海鯉) | hǎi lǐ | sea bream |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.