鯉 — kanji meaning “carp”
鯉
carp
- Meanings
- carp
- On'yomi
- リ (ri)
- Kun'yomi
- こい
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2369 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- lǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 鯉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鯉のぼり | こいのぼり koinobori | koinobori; carp streamer; carp-shaped windsock traditionally flown to celebrate the Children's Day in May |
| 錦鯉 | にしきごい nishikigoi | coloured carp; colored carp |
| 鯉口 | こいぐち koiguchi | opening of a scabbard; mouth of a sword sheath |
| 鯉こく | こいこく koikoku | carp cooked in miso soup |
| 緋鯉 | ひごい higoi | red carp; golden carp |
| 真鯉 | まごい magoi | black carp; black koi |
| 養鯉 | ようり youri | carp breeding |
| 海緋鯉 | うみひごい umihigoi | rosy goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron); yellow-striped goatfish |
| 寒鯉 | かんごい kangoi | koi carp caught during the cold season |
| 伊勢鯉 | いせごい isegoi | striped mullet (Mugil cephalus) |
| 似鯉 | にごい nigoi | Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid) |
| 銀湯鯉 | ぎんゆごい gin'yugoi | barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil); five-bar flagtail |
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