漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
鯛: sea bream, red snapper
JLPT N119 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
魚 carries the meaning · 周 is drawn in
19 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
たいtai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鯛たいsea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
- 鯛飯たいめしrice with minced sea bream (tai)
- 黒鯛くろだいblack porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
Also read チョウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch the fish dart through the clear stream! The top stroke is the pointed head, the central box shows the shimmering scales of its body, and the dots at the bottom are the fins propelling it through the water.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side鯛 sea bream · 周
vs鯨 whale · 京In ChineseSimplified 鲷 · traditional, as in Japanese · diāo
Japan keeps the traditional form 鯛; mainland China simplifies it to 鲷.
- Simplified
- 鲷 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鯛 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin diāo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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