鯉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

carp

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • こい
Other languages
  • 拼音li3
  • 한글ri
  • Hán-Việt

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

  • 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.

See all words containing this kanji(18 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-7
Four Corner
2631.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
11a7.2
Heisig
188
Nelson
5299