かつお

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かつお – see the following entries.

【鰹】H [noun] a skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis [noun] Short for 鰹木 (katsuogi): a log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole [noun] Short for 鰹節 (katsuobushi): smoked and dried skipjack tuna [noun] (obsolete) Short for 鰹虫 (katsuomushi): a biting midge; a water strider [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 堅魚, 松魚, カツオ

【勝男】 [proper noun] a male given name

【克雄】 [proper noun] a male given name Alternative spelling よしお

【勝雄】 [proper noun] a male given name

【克男】 [proper noun] a male given name

(This term, かつお (katsuo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かつお, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かつお.)