鯛

19 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

sea bream, red snapper

Kun'yomi
  • たい
    		sea bream (Sparidae) ②tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
On'yomi
  • チョウ

Main Radical

魚(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

たい 100.0%

Character Breakdown

sea bream, red snapper
たい　チョウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
fish
さかな　ギョ　うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ
circumference, circuit, lap
シュウ　まわ.り　あまね (4th, N2)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

くろ
黒
だい
鯛
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
たい
鯛
　
め
　
し
rice with minced sea bream (tai)
え
海
び
老
　
で
たい
鯛
　
を
つ
釣
　
る
to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale
あか
赤
だい
鯛
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major) ②fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
くさ
腐
　
っ
　
て
　
も
たい
鯛
a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond
たい
鯛
　
の
お
尾
　
よ
　
り
いわし
鰯
　
の
かしら
頭
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
あま
奄
み
美
すずめ
雀
だい
鯛
stout chromis (Chromis chrysura)
たい
鯛
ぐるま
車
traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
たい
鯛
　
も
ひと
一
り
人
　
は
　
う
　
ま
　
か
　
ら
　
ず
good food requires good company
　
に
　
ら
　
み
だい
鯛
decorative fish displayed during festive occasions
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References

Unicode hex code 9BDB
JIS X 0208 1-34-68
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5305
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6884
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1881
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2360
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1213
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1660
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2812
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2827
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2832
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1971
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 46226P
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2272
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 11a8.11
Four corner code 2732.0