雷魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

雷魚 (hiragana らいぎょ, katakana ライギョ, rōmaji raigyo)

  1. snakehead

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
らい
Grade: S
ひい
Grade: 2
Irregular

From Amoy Hokkien [Term?]

The spelling 𩸭魚 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 appears to be the common name.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Alternative forms

Noun

雷魚 (katakana ライヒー, rōmaji raihī)

  1. blotched snakehead
Synonyms
  • 台湾泥鰌 (たいわんどじょう) (taiwan dojō)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
かみなり
Grade: S
うお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of (kaminari, thunder) + (uo, fish).

Pronunciation

Noun

雷魚 (hiragana かみなりうお, rōmaji kaminariuo, historical hiragana かみなりうを)

  1. sailfin sandfish
Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 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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