甲烏賊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
甲 烏 賊
こう
Grade: S		 い
Jinmeiyō		 か
Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

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

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

Noun

甲烏賊 (hiragana こういか, katakana コウイカ, rōmaji kōika, historical hiragana かふいか, historical katakana カフイカ)

  1. a cuttlefish
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