鯉
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Translingual
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鯉 (Kangxi 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 (first edition): volume 7, page 4691, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9BC9
Chinese
trad. | 鯉 | |
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simp. | 鲤 |
Glyph origin
Old Chinese | |
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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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯʔ) : semantic 魚 (“fish”) + phonetic 里 (OC *rɯʔ).
Etymology
Schuessler (2007) considers connection to Proto-Tai *plaːᴬ (“fish”) to be unlikely.
Norman (2014) compares it to Proto-Kam-Tai *mbləi (“carp”), suggesting that it may be an early loan from Chinese; compare Thai ปลาไน (nai, “common carp”), Lakkia [script needed] (-plai⁴, “carp”).
See the entry 雙鯉魚 for the figurative senses.
Pronunciation
Definitions
鯉
- carp, especially the common carp
- (figuratively) messenger
- (figuratively) letter; correspondence
Synonyms
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 鯉 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鯉魚, 鯉 | |
Taxonomic name | 鯉 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 鯉魚 |
Taiwan | 鯉魚 | |
Tianjin | 拐子 | |
Harbin | 鯉子, 鯉魚 | |
Yantai (Muping) | 鯉魚 | |
Jinan | 鯉魚 | |
Luoyang | 鯉魚 | |
Xi'an | 鯉魚 | |
Yinchuan | 鯉魚 | |
Lanzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Xining | 鯉魚 | |
Ürümqi | 鯉魚 | |
Wuhan | 鯉魚 | |
Chengdu | 鯉魚 | |
Guiyang | 鯉魚 | |
Liuzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Xuzhou | 鯉魚, 紅魚 | |
Yangzhou | 鯉魚, 龍魚, 花魚 | |
Nanjing | 鯉魚 | |
Hefei | 鯉魚 | |
Singapore | 鯉魚 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鯉魚 |
Hong Kong | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鯉魚 | |
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鯉魚 | |
Dongguan | 鯉魚 | |
Yangjiang | 鯉魚 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 鯉魚 |
Lichuan | 鯉魚 | |
Pingxiang | 鯉魚 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 鯉魚, 鯉仔 |
Yudu | 鯉魚, 鯉子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鯉魚, 鯉嫲 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鯉仔, 鯉嫲 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鯉 | |
Hong Kong | 鯉嫲 | |
Huizhou | Jixi | 鯉魚 |
Jin | Taiyuan | 鯉魚 |
Xinzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 鯉仔 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 鯉魚 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 鯉魚, 鮘魚 |
Quanzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Zhangzhou | 鮘仔魚, 鮘仔, 鯉魚 | |
Taipei | 鮘魚 | |
Taipei (Wanhua) | 鮘仔 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鮘仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Yilan | 鮘魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 鮘魚, 鯉魚 | |
Taichung | 烏鮘仔, 鯉魚, 鮘仔魚 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 鮘仔魚 | |
Tainan | 鮘仔魚, 鯉魚, 鮘仔 | |
Taitung | 鮘仔 | |
Hsinchu | 鯉魚, 鮘仔, 鮘仔魚 | |
Kinmen | 鯉魚 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 鮘魚, 鯉魚 | |
Chaozhou | 鯉魚 | |
Haikou | 鯉魚 | |
Puxian Min | Putian | 鯉魚 |
Putian (Donghai) | 鯉魚 | |
Putian (Jiangkou) | 鯉魚 | |
Putian (Nanri) | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou (Fengting) | 鯉魚 | |
Xianyou (Youyang) | 鯉魚 | |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鯉魚 |
Wu | Shanghai | 鯉魚, 元寶魚 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 鯉魚 | |
Suzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Danyang | 鯉魚 | |
Hangzhou | 鯉魚, 鯉拐兒 | |
Ningbo | 元寶魚, 鯉魚 | |
Wenzhou | 鯉魚 | |
Jinhua | 鯉魚 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 鯉魚, 鯉滑子 |
Loudi | 鯉魚 | |
Shuangfeng | 鯉魚 |
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings
- Go-on: り (ri)
- Kan-on: り (ri)
- Kun: こい (koi, 鯉)←こひ (kofi, historical)
Compounds
- 養鯉 (yōri, “carp farming”)
Etymology
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鯉 |
こい Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
/ko1pi1/ → /kopi/ → /kofi/ → */kowi/ → /koi/
From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こい [kóꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
- IPA(key): [ko̞i]
Noun
鯉 • (koi) ←こひ (kofi)?
- 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 (where katakana is customary), as コイ.
Synonyms
- カープ (kāpu)
- こ文字 (komoji, nyōbō kotoba)
Derived terms
- 鯉口 (koiguchi, “mouth of a (sword's) sheath”)
- 鯉のぼり, 鯉幟 (koinobori, “carp streamer”)
- 伊勢鯉 (Ise-goi)
- 寒鯉 (kangoi)
- 銀湯鯉 (gin'yu-goi)
- 似鯉 (nigoi)
- 錦鯉 (nishikigoi, “coloured carp”)
- 緋鯉 (higoi)
- 真鯉 (ma-goi, “black carp”)
- 俎板の鯉 (manaita no koi)
See also
- 青魚 (aouo, “black carp”)
- 黒鰱 (kokuren, “bighead carp”)
- 鯱, 鯱鉾 (shachihoko)
- 草魚 (sōgyo, “grass carp”)
- 白鰱 (hakuren), 鰱魚 (rengyo, “silver carp”)
- 鮒 (funa, “crucian carp”)
- 腸香 (wataka)
Proper noun
鯉 • (Koi) ←こひ (kofi)?
- a surname
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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: Hán Nôm readings: lí
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