鯉
See also: 鲤
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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
    
Characters in the same phonetic series (里) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
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 (Cyprinus carpio)
- (literary, figuratively) letter; correspondence
- (literary, figuratively) messenger
Synonyms
    
	Dialectal synonyms of 鯉魚 (“carp”) [map]
Compounds
    
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Japanese
    
    
Etymology
    
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| 鯉 | 
| こい Jinmeiyō | 
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/ko1pi1/ → /kopi/ → /kofi/ → */kowi/ → /koi/
From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki.
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
    
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)
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