Kanji1 / 19
鯛 kanji
sea bream, red snapper
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
On readings
チョウ
Kun readings
たい
Variant forms
鮉Words with 鯛
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鯛Popularsea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
- —黄鯛yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)
- —真鯛red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
- —石鯛striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)
- —黒鯛black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
- —甘鯛tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.); blanquillo; horse-head fish
- —赤鯛red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
- —瘤鯛(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
- —寒鯛Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus); scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
- —血鯛crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)
- —笛鯛star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)
- —疣鯛Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala); melon seed
- —雀鯛pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata)
- —狐鯛sharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)
- —浜鯛queen snapper (Etelis coruscans); ruby snapper; flame snapper
- —桜鯛cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)
- —姫鯛lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii); flower jobfish
- —武鯛Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
- —鯛車traditional sea bream-shaped toy car
- —目鯛Pacific barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe japonica)