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鯉 = 魚 + 里

鯉 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “carp”. It is built from 魚 (fish) and 里 (ri). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 188.

Keyword
carp
RTK frame
188
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
карп
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
鯉 carp

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 魚 fish
  2. 里 ri

How to find 鯉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fish” + “ri”. 鯉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鯉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.