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    3. 鯉

    鯉

    鯉こい

    carp

    N1KMT10Freq #2369Food & DiningAnimalsKanji18 strokes

    組

    鯉鯉

    The village fish, too grand for the river, now swims the pond. It is a carp, a prize.

    Kun'yomi

    こい

    On'yomi

    リ

    carp

    魚里

    魚
    田
    灬
    火
    日
    里

    Stroke 0 / 18

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    鮎鯨鮭鮫鮮鯛鱒鱗鮎鯨鯛鮭鱒魚魯鮫鮮鱗

    Concepts using this kanji

    鯉

    common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

    鯉口を切る

    to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

    伊勢鯉

    striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)

    鯉口

    opening of a scabbard

    まな板の上の鯉

    someone doomed to their fate

    真鯉

    black carp

    銀湯鯉

    barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil)

    似鯉

    Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)

    まな板の鯉

    someone doomed to their fate

    俎上の鯉

    someone doomed to their fate

    養鯉

    carp breeding

    海緋鯉

    rosy goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron)

    寒鯉

    koi carp caught during the cold season

    錦鯉

    coloured carp

    鯉こく

    carp cooked in miso soup

    鯉のぼり

    koinobori

    鯉ヘルペスウイルス

    koi herpes virus

    緋鯉

    red carp

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    鮎

    freshwater trout

    鯨

    whale

    鮭

    salmon

    鮫

    shark

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 日
    • 灬
    • 火
    • 田
    • 里
    • 魚

    is_used_in

    • 錦鯉
    • 鯉
    • 真鯉
    • 緋鯉
    • 鯉のぼり
    • 鯉口
    • 養鯉
    • まな板の鯉
    • 鯉ヘルペスウイルス
    • 海緋鯉
    • 寒鯉
    • 似鯉
    • 伊勢鯉
    • 銀湯鯉
    • 鯉口を切る
    • まな板の上の鯉
    • 俎上の鯉
    • 鯉こく

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    • 鮭
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    • 鮮
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    • 魚
    • 魯

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