鲤
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carp
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Dict coverage rank #3,008 U+9CA4
How 鲤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
鱼 (semantic, “fish”) + 里 (phonetic, lǐ)
How to remember it
carp · Heisig RSH #1551
鱼 fish + computer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 里
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 里 (lǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 里 sound component | lǐ | unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
| 理 | lǐ | science, reason, logic; to manage |
| 埋 | mái | to bury; to conceal; to plant |
| 厘 | lí | one thousandth |
| 狸 | lí | fox |
| 哩 | li | mile |
| 俚 | lǐ | rustic, vulgar, unpolished; mean |
| 悝 | kuī | to laugh at; to pity; sad; afflicted |
| 陧 | niè | chaos, disorder |
| 锂 | lǐ | lithium |
| 娌 | lǐ | brother's wife |
Words containing 鲤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲤鱼跳龙门 | lǐ yú tiào lóng mén | to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom); to get one's big break |
| 鲤城区 | Lǐ chéng Qū | Licheng, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 鲤鱼旗 | lǐ yú qí | koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day |
| 鲤鱼打挺 | lǐ yú dǎ tǐng | (martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands); (fig.) to… |
| 海鲤 | hǎi lǐ | sea bream |
| 鲤城 | Lǐ chéng | see 鯉城區|鲤城区[Li3 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 鲤鱼 | lǐ yú | carp |
| 锦鲤 | jǐn lǐ | koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) |
| 鲮鲤科 | líng lǐ kē | the pangolin family |
| 裸鲤 | luǒ lǐ | naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) |
| 鲮鲤甲 | líng lǐ jiǎ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater |
| 鲮鲤 | líng lǐ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata); scaly ant-eater |