鲤 (lǐ): carp
鲤 (lǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “carp.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 鱼 (semantic) and 里 (phonetic). It ranks #3137 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 鲤 fish. Its radical form 鱼 (fish) appears in many related characters such as 鱼 (yú, fish), 鲜 (xiān, fresh), 鲨 (shā, shark).
Definitions
- carp
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鲤鱼 | lǐ yú | carp |
| 鲤鱼跳龙门 | lǐ yú tiào lóng mén | to make a significant advance in one's career (idiom) |
| 鲤城区 | lǐ chéng qū | Licheng, a district of Quanzhou City 泉州市[Quan2 zhou1 Shi4], Fujian |
| 鲤鱼打挺 | lǐ yú dǎ tǐng | (martial arts, gymnastics) to kip up (spring upright from supine without hands) |
| 海鲤 | hǎi lǐ | sea bream |
| 鲮鲤科 | líng lǐ kē | the pangolin family |
| 鲤城 | lǐ chéng | see 鯉城區|鲤城区[Li3 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 鲤鱼旗 | lǐ yú qí | koinobori, a Japanese carp-shaped windsock flown to celebrate Children's Day |
| 鲮鲤甲 | líng lǐ jiǎ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) |
| 鲮鲤 | líng lǐ | pangolin (Manis pentadactylata) |
| 裸鲤 | luǒ lǐ | naked carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) |
| 锦鲤 | jǐn lǐ | koi (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) |
鲤 appears in 12 compound words: 50 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 鲤 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习鲤字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí lǐ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Learning to write the character "鲤" requires repeated practice to ensure it is written neatly.
花莲鲤鱼潭9岁男童溺毙 纵管处:与地方政府共同...
huā lián 鲤 yú tán suì nán tóng 溺 bì zòng guǎn chǔ yǔ dì fāng zhèng fǔ gòng tóng . . .
9-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Hualien's Liyu Lake Water Resources Agency: Jointly Investigating with Local Authorities...
8岁男童命丧花莲鲤鱼潭!家属控快艇“船尾浪”酿祸 交通部回...
suì nán tóng mìng sāng huā lián 鲤 yú tán ! jiā shǔ kòng kuài tǐng chuán wěi làng niàng huò jiāo tōng bù huí . . .
8-Year-Old Boy Dies in Hualien's Carp Pond! Family Blames Speedboat's "Wake" for Tragedy; Ministry of Transportation Responds...
纵管处启动鲤鱼潭水域安全全面检讨 将与地方协力强化管...
zòng guǎn chǔ qǐ dòng 鲤 yú tán shuǐ yù ān quán quán miàn jiǎn tǎo jiāng yǔ dì fāng xié lì qiáng huà guǎn . . .
The Waterways Management Division has launched a comprehensive safety review of the Liyutan water area and will collaborate with local authorities to strengthen management...
鲤鱼潭天鹅船翻覆9岁童溺毙!傅崐萁:花东出...
鲤 yú tán tiān é chuán fān fù suì tóng 溺 bì ! fù 崐 萁 huā dōng chū . . .
Capsized Swan Boat at Liyutan Leads to 9-Year-Old's Drowning! Fu Kun-chi: Hualien and Taitung...
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced lǐ
Frequently Asked Questions
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