Kanji
鯉
N1
18 strokes
Grade 9
freq #2369
carp
On'yomi (音読み)
リ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
こい
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
錦鯉
にしきごい
coloured carp; colored carp
銀湯鯉
ぎんゆごい
barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil); five-bar flagtail
似鯉
にごい
Hemibarbus barbus (species of cyprinid)
伊勢鯉
いせごい
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus)
寒鯉
かんごい
koi carp caught during the cold season
海緋鯉
ウミヒゴイ
rosy goatfish (Parupeneus chrysopleuron); yellow-striped goatfish
養鯉
ようり
carp breeding
緋鯉
ひごい
red carp; golden carp
真鯉
まごい
black carp; black koi
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
鯉
こい
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
鯉こく
こいこく
carp cooked in miso soup
俎上の鯉
そじょうのこい
someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
まな板の上の鯉
まないたのうえのこい
someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
鯉口を切る
こいぐちをきる
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
鯉ヘルペスウイルス
こいヘルペスウイルス
koi herpes virus; KHV
まな板の鯉
まないたのこい
someone doomed to their fate; fish on the chopping board
鯉口
こいぐち
opening of a scabbard; mouth of a sword sheath
鯉のぼり
こいのぼり
koinobori; carp streamer
Example sentences
祖父（そふ）は、晴（は）れた日（ひ）に池（いけ）の色（いろ）とりどりの鯉（こい）を眺（なが）めているのが好（す）きです。
My grandfather likes looking at colorful carp in the pond on a fine day.
少年（しょうねん）は池（いけ）のコイの群（む）れをじっと見（み）つめていた。
The boy was gazing at a school of carp in the pond.