carp

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
魚 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

fish

里 sound component

  Sound component

  

village

Evolution

鯉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鯉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鯉 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鯉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鯉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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carp

Most common words with 鯉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

鲤鱼

carp

carp

鲤城区

Licheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市[Quán​zhōu​shì], Fujian

鲤鱼跳龙门

to get one's big break

鲮鲤

scaly ant-eater