鯉
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
carp
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- リ
- Kun (native)
- こい
- Other languages
- 拼音li3
- 한글ri
- Hán-ViệtLý
Basics
- Strokes
- 18 strokes
- Radical
- 魚(うお)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+9BC9
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚里
Words using this kanji
- 鯉こいcommon carp (Cyprinus carpio), koi carp
- 鯉口こいぐちopening of a scabbard, mouth of a sword sheath, style of shirt with carp-mouth shaped sleeves
- 鯉こくこいこくcarp cooked in miso soup
- 鯉のぼりこいのぼりkoinobori, carp streamer
- 鯉口を切るこいぐちをきるいつでも抜刀できるよう刀に手をかけること。to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
- 鯉ヘルペスウイルスこいヘルペスウイルスkoi herpes virus, KHV
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-11-7- Four Corner
2631.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a7.2- Heisig
- 188
- Nelson
- 5299