金石魚
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editKanji in this term | ||
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金 | 石 | 魚 |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Possibly from 黄 (ki, “yellow”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- redlip croaker, yellow corvina, yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (a species of marine fish)
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キグチ.
Etymology 2
editKanji in this term | ||
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金 | 石 | 魚 |
きん | ぐち Grade: 2 | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | |
irregular |
Possibly from 金 (kin, “gold, golden”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). Compare 金魚 (kingyo, “goldfish”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- synonym of 金石魚 (kiguchi)
References
edit- “キグチ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- “金石魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Further reading
edit- Larimichthys polyactis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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