水母

Chinese

water; river female; mother
simp. and trad.
(水母)

Pronunciation


Noun

水母

  1. jellyfish (Classifier: ; )

Synonyms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
Irregular

Jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

水母 (hiragana くらげ, katakana クラゲ, rōmaji kurage)

  1. a jellyfish
  2. (zoology) medusa
Usage notes

Derived terms

  • 水母 (くらげ) (ほね) (kuragenohone, literally jellyfish bones): something exceedingly rare; something that one would not expect to exist

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すい
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

水母 (hiragana すいぼ, rōmaji suibo)

  1. a jellyfish
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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