See also: 木鱼

Chinese edit

tree; wood fish
trad. (木魚)
simp. (木鱼)
 
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木魚

  1. wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)
  2. Alternative name for 柴魚柴鱼 (cháiyú, “dried fish”).
  3. Short for 木魚歌木鱼歌.

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Sino-Xenic (木魚):

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木魚

  1. () Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
  2. () Muyu (a village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

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Kanji in this term
もく
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
杢魚
 
木魚: a wooden gong in a Buddhist temple

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muwk ngjo). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Noun edit

(もく)(ぎょ) (mokugyo

  1. (Buddhism) wooden fish:
    1. a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
    2. a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras
      Synonym: 魚柝 (gyotaku)
  2. (colloquial) katsuobushi
  3. (slang) an impregnated married woman
    from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

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References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Hanja in this term

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木魚 (mogeo) (hangeul 목어)

  1. Hanja form? of 목어 (wooden fish).