鯉

18 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

carp

Kun'yomi
  • こい
    		common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
On'yomi
  • リ

Main Radical

魚(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

こい 100.0%

Character Breakdown

carp
こい　リ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

こい
鯉
common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
　
ま
　
な
いた
板
　
の
うえ
上
　
の
こい
鯉
someone doomed to their fate
にしき
錦
ごい
鯉
colored carp
ま
真
ごい
鯉
black carp
ひ
緋
ごい
鯉
red carp
こい
鯉
　
の
　
ぼ
　
り
carp streamer
こい
鯉
ぐち
口
mouth of a (sword) sheath
　
ま
　
な
いた
板
　
の
こい
鯉
someone doomed to their fate
かん
寒
ごい
鯉
koi carp caught during the cold season
こい
鯉
ぐち
口
　
を
き
切
　
る
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
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References

Unicode hex code 9BC9
JIS X 0208 1-24-81
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5299
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6874
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1879
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2358
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1211
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1658
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 176
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 188
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2764
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1991
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46182
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2271
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 178
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a7.2
Four corner code 2631.4