漁師

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漁	師
りょう Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

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Fisherman (English)
漁師 (Japanese)

Etymology

The spelling is likely from Middle Chinese compound 漁師 / 渔师 (ngjo srij, literally “fishing + master”). Compare modern Mandarin 漁師 / 渔师 (yúshī, “fisherman”).

The expected reading would be gyoshi. The kan'yōyomi (irregular but customary reading) ryō for the character 漁 is from confusion with 猟, whose most common on reading is ryō and means hunting, as used in the homophonic term 猟(りょう)師(し) (ryōshi, “hunter”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕi]
(Tokyo) りょーし [ryóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]

Noun

漁(りょう)師(し) • (ryōshi) ^{←れふし (refusi)^?}

a fisherman (someone who fishes as a livelihood)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:漁師

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“漁師”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
漁	師

Noun

漁師 • (eosa) (hangeul 어사)

hanja form^? of 어사 (“(uncommon, honorific) fisherman”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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