鯛
鯛 — jo
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 鯛
How 鯛 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 鯛 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 魚, 周.
Japanese words with 鯛
- 鯛タイ sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
- 黄鯛きだい yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
- 真鯛まだい red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai
- 石鯛いしだい striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
- 黒鯛くろだい black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
- 甘鯛あまだい tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish
- 赤鯛あかだい red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
- 瘤鯛こぶだい (adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
- 寒鯛かんだい Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
- 血鯛ちだい crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)
- 平鯛へだい silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)
- 笛鯛ふえだい star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)
Characters sharing the phonetic 周
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “조”
Other hanja with radical 魚
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