甲烏賊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甲	烏	賊
こう Grade: S	い Jinmeiyō	か Grade: S
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Etymology

From 甲 (kō, “shell”) +‎ 烏賊 (ika, “squid”). 烏賊 is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ーいか [kóꜜòìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːika̠]

Noun

甲(こう)烏(い)賊(か) or 甲烏賊(コウイカ) • (kōika) ^{←かふいか (kafuika) or カフイカ (kafuika)?}

1. a cuttlefish