鯉

See also: 鲤
鯉 U+9BC9, 鯉
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9BC9
← 鯈
[U+9BC8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鯊 →
[U+9BCA]

Translingual

Han character

鯉 (radical 195, 魚+7, 18 strokes, cangjie input 弓火田土 (NFWG), four-corner 26314, composition ⿰魚里)

References
  • KangXi: page 1471, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46182
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2003, character 34
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4691, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+9BC9

Chinese
trad. 鯉
simp. 鲤

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
埋 *mrɯː
霾 *mrɯː
薶 *mrɯː
榸 *ʔr'ɯː
厘 *rɯ
狸 *rɯ
貍 *p·rɯ
梩 *rɯ
艃 *rɯ
里 *rɯʔ
理 *rɯʔ
鯉 *rɯʔ
俚 *rɯʔ
悝 *rɯʔ, *km̥ʰlɯː
娌 *rɯʔ
裏 *rɯʔ
荲 *r̥ʰɯɡ, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 鯉
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 良士切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /lɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɨX/
Li
Rong		 /liəX/
Wang
Li		 /lĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /liX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lǐ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鯉
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 lǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ liX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*mə-rəʔ/
English carp (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鯉
Reading # 1/1
No. 7828
Phonetic
component		 里
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 里
Old
Chinese		 /*rɯʔ/

Definitions

鯉

  1. carp; especially common carp

Compounds
  • 乘鯉／乘鲤
  • 九鯉湖／九鲤湖
  • 冰鯉／冰鲤
  • 剖鯉／剖鲤
  • 孔鯉過庭／孔鲤过庭
  • 尺鯉／尺鲤
  • 控鯉／控鲤
  • 文鯉／文鲤
  • 朱砂鯉／朱砂鲤
  • 朱鯉／朱鲤
  • 江鯉／江鲤
  • 炰鱉膾鯉／炰鳖脍鲤
  • 烹鯉／烹鲤
  • 王字鯉／王字鲤
  • 琴高乘鯉／琴高乘鲤
  • 素鯉／素鲤
  • 臥冰求鯉／卧冰求鲤
  • 角鯉／角鲤
  • 贈鯉／赠鲤
  • 赤鯉／赤鲤
  • 赬鯉／赪鲤
  • 躍鯉／跃鲤
  • 遺鯉／遗鲤
  • 錦鯉／锦鲤 (jǐnlǐ)
  • 陵鯉／陵鲤
  • 雙鯉／双鲤 (shuānglǐ)
  • 雙鯉魚／双鲤鱼 (shuānglǐyú)
  • 駕鯉／驾鲤
  • 騎赤鯉／骑赤鲤
  • 鯉子／鲤子
  • 鯉對／鲤对
  • 鯉庭／鲤庭
  • 鯉書／鲤书
  • 鯉簰／鲤簰
  • 鯉素／鲤素
  • 鯉腸／鲤肠
  • 鯉趨／鲤趋
  • 鯉風／鲤风
  • 鯉魚／鲤鱼 (lǐyú)
  • 鯉魚風／鲤鱼风
  • 鯪鯉／鲮鲤 (línglǐ)
  • 鰻鯉／鳗鲤
  • 鱸鯉／鲈鲤
  • 鴻消鯉息／鸿消鲤息
  • 黃鯉／黄鲤
  • 龍鯉／龙鲤 (lónglǐ)

Japanese

Kanji
鯉

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology
Kanji in this term
鯉
こい
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

/ko1pi1/ → /kopi/ → /kofi/ → */kowi/ → /koi/

From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki.

Pronunciation

Noun

鯉 (hiragana こい, katakana コイ, rōmaji koi, historical hiragana こひ, historical katakana コヒ)

  1. carp, specifically, the common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as コイ.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 鯉口 (こいぐち) (koiguchi, “mouth of a (sword's) sheath”)
  • 鯉 (こい)のぼり, 鯉 (こい)幟 (のぼり) (koinobori, “carp streamer”)
  • 伊 (イ)勢 (セ)鯉 (ゴイ) (Ise-goi)
  • 寒 (かん)鯉 (ごい) (kangoi)
  • 銀 (ギン)湯 (ユ)鯉 (ゴイ) (gin'yu-goi)
  • 似 (ニ)鯉 (ゴイ) (nigoi)
  • 錦 (にしき)鯉 (ごい) (nishikigoi, “coloured carp”)
  • 緋 (ひ)鯉 (ごい) (higoi)
  • 真 (ま)鯉 (ごい) (ma-goi, “black carp”)
  • 俎板 (まないた)の鯉 (こい) (manaita no koi)

See also

Proper noun

鯉 (hiragana こい, rōmaji Koi, historical hiragana こひ)

  1. a surname​.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鯉 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鯉 (lí)

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