魚

魚 (radical 195, 魚+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田火 (NWF), four-corner 2733₆, composition ⿳⺈田灬)

1. Kangxi radical #195, ⿂.

• Index:Chinese radical/魚

• 鱼 (Simplified Chinese)
• 𩵋 (Variant Chinese character)

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 1465, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45956
• Dae Jaweon: page 1998, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4674, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B5A

Historical forms of the character 魚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – pictographic representation of a fish.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with 漁 (OC *ŋa, “to fish”).

魚

1. fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m h mn)
2. fish (as a food)
3. Alternative form of 漁／渔 (yú).
4. Alternative form of 吾 (OC *ŋaː).
5. A surname​.

• (fish): (Hakka, Min Nan) 魚仔／鱼仔

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. fish

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: ぎょ (gyo, Jōyō)^{←ぎよ (gyo, historical)}
• Kun: いお (io, 魚)^{←いを (iwo, historical)}; うお (uo, 魚, Jōyō)^{←うを (uwo, historical)}; お (o, 魚)^{←を (wo, historical)}; さかな (sakana, 魚, Jōyō); すなどる (sunadoru, 魚る); な (na, 魚)
• Nanori: い (i)

魚 (uo, io, o, sakana): fish

From Old Japanese.[1]

The pronunciation shifted from /uwo/ to /uo/.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うお [ùó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝo̞]

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魚 (hiragana うお, rōmaji uo, historical hiragana うを)

1. fish

Alteration of older uo, appearing from roughly the Heian period. Still used in modern Japanese some dialects.[1]

The pronunciation shifted from /uwo/ to /iwo/ to /io/.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [io̞]

魚 (hiragana いお, rōmaji io, historical hiragana いを)

1. fish

Shortening of uo, appearing only in compounds.[1]

The pronunciation shifted from /uwo/ to /wo/ to /o/.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [o̞]

魚 (hiragana お, rōmaji o, historical hiragana を)

1. fish

魚 (na): fish as a side dish

From Old Japanese. From な (na, “a side dish”), with derivative meanings spelled variously in kanji in modern Japanese as 肴 (for meat or fish), 菜 (for vegetables), 魚 (for fish).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [na̠]

魚 (hiragana な, rōmaji na)

1. fish, especially as food
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 869)

     多良志比賣 可尾能美許等能 奈都良須等 美多々志世利斯 伊志遠多礼美吉

     足姫　神の命の　魚釣らすと　み立たしせりし　石を誰れ見き

     たらしひめ　かみのみことの　なつらすと　みたたしせりし　いしをたれみき

     tarashi hime kami no mikoto no na tsurasu to mi-tatashi serishi ishi wo tare miki

     who saw the rock that rose up against us as we tried to catch the fish belonging to the empress?

   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 2, poem 131)

     滷者無鞆　鯨魚取 海邊乎指而 和多豆乃 荒礒乃上尓 香青生　玉藻息津藻 朝羽振 風社依米

     潟はなくとも　鯨魚取り　海辺を指して　柔田津の　荒礒の上に　か青なる　玉藻沖つ藻 朝羽振る 風こそ寄せめ

     かたはなくとも　いさなとり　うみへをさして　にきたづの　ありそのうへに　かあをなる　たまもおきつも　あさはふる　かぜこそよせめ

     kata wa naku to mo isana tori umihe wo sashite Nikitadzu no ariso no uhe ni kaawo naru tamamo oki tsu mo asa ni furu kaze koso yoseme

     Even though there is no inlet, the wind that blows in the morning gathers green seaweed pearls and offshore seaweed onto the rocky beaches of Nikitazu along the big-fish-hunting [metaphor for "sea"] shore...

魚, 肴 (sakana): a side dish served with alcoholic beverages

Compound of Old Japanese elements 酒 (saka, “sake, rice wine”) +‎ 菜 (na, “side dish”, see also na above).[1] Likely source of Okinawan sakana.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さかな [sàkáná] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠ka̠na̠]

• 肴

魚 (hiragana さかな, rōmaji sakana)

1. fish

   庭 (にわ)で美 (お)味 (い)しい魚 (さかな)を食 (た)べた。

   Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.

   I ate a delicious fish in the garden.

   • 2000 January 27, “レインボー・フィッシュ [Rainbow Fish]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

     世 (よ)にも珍 (めずら)しい七 (なな)色 (いろ)の魚 (さかな)。捕 (つか)まえるのはかなり難 (むずか)しい。

     Yonimo mezurashii nanairo no sakana. Tsukamaeru no wa kanari muzukashii.

     An extremely rare seven-colored fish. It is quite difficult to catch.

   • 2011 May 14, “半はん魚ぎょ獣じゅう・フィッシャービースト [Semi-Ichthyobestia Fisherbeast]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami:

     陸 (りく)では獣 (けもの)のように、海 (うみ)では魚 (さかな)のように素 (す)早 (ばや)く攻 (こう)撃 (げき)する。

     Riku de wa kemono no yō ni, umi de wa sakana no yō ni subayaku kōgeki suru.

     Like a beast on land, like a fish in the sea, he attacks swiftly.

2. a side dish served with alcoholic beverages: not necessarily fish, may be a vegetable or other meat
3. (archaic) entertainment at a drinking party

This is now the most common general word for fish in modern standard Japanese. The side dish sense is more commonly spelled 肴.

From Middle Chinese 魚 (/ŋiɔ/).

Used in compounds.

魚 (hiragana ぎょ, rōmaji gyo)

1. fish

魚 (eumhun 고기 어 (gogi eo))

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• 文魚, 문어 (muneo, “octopus”)

魚 (məm6)

1. fish

魚

• Kun: いう (iu), いゆ (iyu)

/uwo/ → /iwo/ → /io/ → /iu/

Cognate with Old Japanese 魚 (uwo). Compare modern dialectal mainland Japanese 魚 (io), first appearing in print and becoming common from the Heian period, but likely extant earlier.

魚 (hiragana いう, romaji iu)

1. fish

/iu/ → /iju/

Shift from iu.

魚 (hiragana いゆ, romaji iyu)

1. fish

魚 (na) (kana な)

1. fish
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 2, poem 131), text here:

     滷者無鞆　鯨魚取 海邊乎指而 和多豆乃 荒礒乃上尓 香青生　玉藻息津藻 朝羽振 風社依米

     潟はなくとも　鯨魚取り　海辺を指して　柔田津の　荒礒の上に　か青なる　玉藻沖つ藻 朝羽振る 風こそ寄せめ

     かたはなくとも　いさなとり　うみへをさして　にきたづの　ありそのうへに　かあをなる　たまもおきつも　あさはふる　かぜこそよせめ

     kata wa naku to mo isana tori umipe wo sashite Nikitadu no ariso no upe ni kaawo naru tamamo oki tsu mo asa ni furu kaze koso yoseme

     Even though there is no inlet, the wind that blows in the morning gathers green seaweed pearls and offshore seaweed onto the rocky beaches of Nikitazu along the big-fish-hunting [metaphor for “ocean”] shore...

• Japanese: 魚 (na)

魚: Hán Việt readings: ngư (語(ngữ)居(cư)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
魚: Nôm readings: ngơ[1][2][3][4], ngư[1][2][3], ngớ[1][4], ngừ[3][4]

1. Hán tự form of ngư (“fish”).

魚 (hiragana いゆ, romaji iyu)

魚 (hiragana いゆ, romaji iyu)

1. fish

魚 (hiragana っゆー, romaji 'yū)

魚 (hiragana っゆー, romaji 'yū)

1. fish