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Readings

Kana: リ、こい
Romaji: ri, koi
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

carp

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  195
Frequency:  2369
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-11-7
Korean Reading:  ri
Chinese Reading:  li3
Unicode:  9bc9
JIS:  3871

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1879
Nelson Index: 5299
New Nelson Index: 6874
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 11a7.2
Four Corner Index: 2631.4
Japanese Names Index: 2764
Daikanwanjiten Index: 46182
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0750
Remembering the kanji Index: 176
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1211
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1658
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 178
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 188
Essential Kanji Index: 1991
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2358

Words

(こい、コイ)
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
真鯉 (まごい)
black carp; black koi
鯉のぼり (こいのぼり)
carp streamer; carp banner
鯉口 (こいぐち)
mouth of a (sword) sheath
伊勢鯉 (いせごい、イセゴイ)
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
俎板の鯉 (まないたのこい)
confronted with a hopeless situation; about to be cut off (e.g. in a battle) and unable to do anything
錦鯉 (にしきごい)
coloured carp; colored carp
養鯉 (ようり)
carp breeding
緋鯉 (ひごい)
red carp; golden carp
似鯉 (にごい、ニゴイ)
Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)
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