雷魚

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雷魚

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) らいぎょ [ráꜜìgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠iɡʲo̞]

Noun edit

雷(らい)魚(ぎょ) or 雷魚(ライギョ) • (raigyo)

snakehead

Etymology 2 edit

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

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.

Alternative forms edit

𩸭魚

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ライヒー [ráꜜìhìì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠içiː]

Noun edit

雷魚(ライヒー) • (raihī)

blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

Synonyms edit

台(たい)湾(わん)泥(ど)鰌(じょう) (Taiwan dojō)

Etymology 3 edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

雷(かみなり)魚(うお) • (kaminariuo) ^{←かみなりうを (kaminariwo)^?}

sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)

Synonyms edit

鰰(はたはた) (hatahata)

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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