雷魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
雷 魚
らい
Grade: S 		ぎょ
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

雷(らい)魚(ぎょ) or 雷魚(ライギョ) • (raigyo) 

  1. snakehead

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
雷 魚
らい
Grade: S 		ひい
Grade: 2
irregular
Alternative spelling
𩸭魚

From Amoy Hokkien 𩸭魚 / 𩸭鱼 or 雷魚 / 雷鱼.

The spelling 𩸭魚 / 𩸭鱼 appears in 廈門志·卷五: "...犀角、黃臘、白錫、白糖、蝦米、𩸭魚各物。". The spelling 雷魚 / 雷鱼 appears to be the common name.

Pronunciation

Noun

雷魚(ライヒー) • (raihī) 

  1. blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
Synonyms
  • 台(たい)湾(わん)泥(ど)鰌(じょう) (Taiwan dojō)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
雷 魚
かみなり
Grade: S 		うお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of 雷 (kaminari, “thunder”) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かみなりうお [kàmínáríꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲina̠ɾʲiɯ̟o̞]

Noun

雷(かみなり)魚(うお) • (kaminariuo) ←かみなりうを (kaminariuwo)?

  1. sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)
Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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