鯛 — kanji meaning “sea bream”
鯛
sea bream, red snapper
- Meanings
- sea bream, red snapper
- On'yomi
- チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- たい
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2446 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 195
- Chinese reading
- diāo — Chinese character page
Words with 鯛
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真鯛 | まだい madai | red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai |
| 黒鯛 | くろだい kurodai | black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) |
| 甘鯛 | あまだい amadai | tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish |
| 石鯛 | いしだい ishidai | striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus) |
| 黄鯛 | きだい kidai | yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons) |
| 金目鯛 | きんめだい kinmedai | splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) |
| 鯛めし | たいめし taimeshi | rice with minced sea bream (tai) |
| 赤鯛 | あかだい akadai | red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major) |
| 赤魚鯛 | あこうだい akoudai | Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae) |
| 瘤鯛 | こぶだい kobudai | (adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus) |
| 寒鯛 | かんだい kandai | Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus) |
| 茅渟鯛 | ちぬだい chinudai | black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli) |
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