根魚
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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根 | 魚 |
ね Grade: 3 |
うお Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) + 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
- alternative for 鮎並 (ainame): a greenling (kind of fish)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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根 | 魚 |
ね Grade: 3 |
さかな > ざかな Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) + 魚 (sakana, “fish”).[1][2] The sakana changes to zakana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
Usage notes[edit]
The neuo reading appears to be more common.
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 根 read as ね
- Japanese terms spelled with 魚 read as うお
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
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- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms historically spelled with を
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- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 魚 read as さかな
- Japanese terms with rendaku