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鯛 — kanji meaning “sea bream”

sea bream, red snapper

Meanings
sea bream, red snapper
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
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

WordReadingMeaning
まだい madaired sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai
くろだい kurodaiblack porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
あまだい amadaitilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish
いしだい ishidaistriped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
きだい kidaiyellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
きんめだい kinmedaisplendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
たいめし taimeshirice with minced sea bream (tai)
あかだい akadaired sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major)
あこうだい akoudaiMatsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)
こぶだい kobudai(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
かんだい kandaiAsian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
ちぬだい chinudaiblack porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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