lǐ
carp
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鯉
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
carp | ||
carp | ||
Licheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市[Quánzhōushì], Fujian | ||
to get one's big break | ||
scaly ant-eater |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mə-rəʔ | liX | lǐ | carp (n.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3204th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9BC9 |
Shuowen | “鯉,鱣也。从魚,里聲。” |
Sources
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