漁師

Japanese

漁師 (ryōshi): salmon fishermen in Oregon, 1914.

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

Etymology

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

The expected reading would be gyoshi. The kan'yōyomi (irregular but customary reading) of ryō for the 漁 character is from confusion with the 猟 character, usually read ryō in on'yomi contexts and meaning “hunt, hunting”, as used in the homophonic term 猟師 (ryōshi, “hunter”).

Noun

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

1. a fisherman, someone who fishes as a livelihood

Synonyms

• 漁民(ぎょみん) (gyomin)
• 漁夫(ぎょふ) (gyofu) (archaic)
• 海人(かいじん) (kaijin), 海人(あま) (ama), 海人(あまびと) (amabito), 海人(あまんど) (amando) (obsolete)
• 釣(つ)り人(びと) (tsuribito) (overtones of someone who fishes as a hobby)