鯉 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lǐ

carp

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

魚 Meaning component

yú

fish

里 Sound component

lǐ

village

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

Modern

Definitions

lǐ

carp

Most common words with 鯉

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	鲤鱼	carp
	鲤	carp
	鲤城区	Licheng district of Quanzhou city 泉州市[Quánzhōushì], Fujian
	鲤鱼跳龙门	to get one's big break
	鲮鲤	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

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