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鯛

sea bream
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingたい
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sea breamRtK
    海老で鯛を釣る。Throw a sprat to catch a whale.tatoeba
    一段目：お鯛茶屋The first act: Otai chayawiki
  2. red snapper
  1. sea bream (esp. Pagrus major)
  2. porgy

Homonyms

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Same reading (たい)
帯 · band (e.g. conduction, valence)対 · versus

Radicals and components

Radical魚fish
Components
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Compound words

鯛焼たいやき
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
黄鯛きだい
yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
黒鯛くろだい
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
真鯛まだい
red sea bream (Pagrus major)
石鯛いしだい
striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
鯛飯たいめし
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
茅渟鯛ちぬだい
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
金眼鯛きんめだい
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
金目鯛きんめだい
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
故廬鯛コロダイ
painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
胡廬鯛コロダイ
painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)
鯛めしたいめし
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
鯛焼きたいやき
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
天竺鯛てんじくだい
vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus)
奄美雀鯛アマミスズメダイ
stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)
四條笛鯛よすじふえだい
bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)
三筋琉球雀鯛みすじりゅうきゅうすずめだい
whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)

Additional Examples

一段目：お鯛茶屋
The first act: Otai chayawiki
鷲岬、新井崎、野室崎、鯛崎
Washizaki Cape, Nizaki, Nomurazaki, and Taizakiwiki

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鯛

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