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鯉

carp
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingリ
Kun readingこい
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. carpRtK
    祖父は、晴れた日に池の色とりどりの鯉を眺めているのが好きです。My grandfather likes looking at colorful carp in the pond on a fine day.tatoeba
    私は網で鯉を捕った。I caught a carp in a net.tatoeba
  1. common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
  2. koi carp

Homonyms

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Same reading (こい)
恋 · love濃い · deep (colour)故意 · intent

Radicals and components

Radical魚fish
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fish (魚) · bound up (乙) · rice field (田) · brains · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬) · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 188

Compound words

錦鯉にしきごい
coloured carp
鯉口こいぐち
opening of a scabbard
鯉幟こいのぼり
koinobori
真鯉まごい
black carp
緋鯉ひごい
red carp
養鯉ようり
carp breeding
俎の鯉まないたのこい
someone doomed to their fate
鯉のぼりこいのぼり
koinobori
俎上の鯉そじょうのこい
someone doomed to their fate
俎板の鯉まないたのこい
someone doomed to their fate
まな板の鯉まないたのこい
someone doomed to their fate
まないたの鯉まないたのこい
someone doomed to their fate
俎板の上の鯉まないたのうえのこい
someone doomed to their fate

Additional Examples

私たちの町にはきれいな川が流れていて、たくさんの鯉が泳いでいるのが見られます。
A clean river flows through our town, and we can see many carp swimming in it.tatoeba
鯉や鱒のような魚は淡水に住んでいる。
Such fishes as carp and trout live in fresh water.tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鯉

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step