杜父魚

Chinese

		fabricate; restrict; to prevent	father	fish
trad. (杜父魚)		杜	父	魚
simp. (杜父鱼)		杜	父	鱼
alternative forms		渡父魚／渡父鱼

Etymology

渡父 (“one who steers a boat”) + 魚／鱼 (yú, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dùfùyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dùfùyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dùfùyú
    • Wade–Giles: tu⁴-fu⁴-yü²
    • Yale: dù-fù-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhfuhyu
    • Palladius: дуфуюй (dufujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ y³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 杜父魚

1. freshwater sculpin (Cottus)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

杜父魚 (kamakiri, kakubutsu): a fourspine sculpin, species Cottus kazika.

Kanji in this term
杜	父	魚
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2	Grade: 2
irregular

Apparently from 鎌切 (kamakiri, “mantis”), possibly from the way the pectoral fins are smooth on the upper edge and webbed with sharp rays along the lower edge, somewhat similar to a mantis's forelegs, or from the way the fish lies in wait to grab prey, similar to a mantis.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 杜父魚／杜父鱼 (dùfùyú).

Alternative forms

• 鎌切

Noun

杜父魚(かまきり) or 杜父魚(カマキリ) • (kamakiri) 

1. a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

Synonyms

• 鮎(あゆ)掛(かけ) (ayukake) (more common)
• 杜父魚(かくぶつ) (kakubutsu) (rare; see below)

Usage notes

The synonym 鮎掛 (ayukake) is much more commonly used, to avoid confusion between the fish and the insect senses of the term kamakiri.

Note that the species name Cottus kazika does not refer to the kajika (see below), but rather to the kamakiri or ayukake.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
杜	父	魚
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2	Grade: 2
irregular

Unknown.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 杜父魚／杜父鱼 (dùfùyú).

Noun

杜父魚(かくぶつ) • (kakubutsu) 

1. (rare) a fourspine sculpin (species Cottus kazika); very similar to the kajika (see below), but larger

Usage notes

The kamakiri reading is more common for the fish sense. However, the synonym 鮎掛 (ayukake) is much more commonly used, to avoid confusion between the fish and the insect senses of the term kamakiri.

Etymology 3

杜父魚 (kajika, tofugyo): a Japanese fluvial sculpin, species .

Kanji in this term
杜	父	魚
Jinmeiyō	Grade: 2	Grade: 2
irregular

Possibly from 河鹿 (kajika, literally “river deer”), the short name for 河鹿蛙 (kajika-gaeru, “Japanese river frog”), from the way the fish can resemble a young frog or tadpole as it sits on the bottom.

Alternatively, possibly derived from the same roots as 河鹿 (kajika) in reference to the fish's use as food, ultimately as a compound of 河 (kawa, “river”) +‎ 鹿 (shika, “deer”): /kawa ɕika/ → /kad͡ʑika/.

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 杜父魚／杜父鱼 (dùfùyú).

Alternative forms

• 鰍 (more common)
• 鮖

Noun

杜父魚(かじか) or 杜父魚(カジカ) • (kajika) 

1. a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species ); very similar to the kamakiri (see above), but smaller

Synonyms

• 鮴(ごり) (gori)
• まごり (magori) (rare)
• おごり (ogori) (rare)
• 杜(と)父(ふ)魚(ぎょ) (tofugyo) (rare; Chinese contexts; see below)

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
杜	父	魚
と Jinmeiyō	ふ Grade: 2	ぎょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Appears to be a borrowing from Middle Chinese 杜父魚 (MC duX pjuX|bjuX ngjo). The 漢音 (kan'on), so a later borrowing after the end of the Old Japanese stage of the language.

Noun

杜(と)父(ふ)魚(ぎょ) • (tofugyo) 

1. a Japanese fluvial sculpin (species ), more commonly known as 鰍 (kajika)

Usage notes

This reading is generally only used in contexts relating to China or the Chinese language.

Synonyms

• 鰍(かじか) (kajika)
• 鮴(ごり) (gori)
• まごり (magori) (rare)
• おごり (ogori) (rare)