白魚

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Chinese

white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
 
fish
trad. (白魚)
simp. (白鱼)
anagram 魚白鱼白

Pronunciation


Noun

白魚

  1. silverfish
  2. a kind of ray-finned fish
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) a kind of medicinal herb
  4. (Hokkien) ribbonfish; cutlassfish; hairtail; beltfish (family Trichiuridae)

Synonyms

  • (silverfish):
  • (ribbonfish):

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
しら
Grade: 1
うお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
 シラウオ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

(しら)(うお) or 白魚(シラウオ) (shirauo

  1. Salangichthys microdon, a species of noodlefish
  2. icefish, noodlefish, fish in the family Salangidae
  3. (figurative) a woman's white and narrow fingers
  4. Synonym of 素魚 (shiro-uo, ice goby, Leucopsarion petersii)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はく
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
kan'on

Noun

(はく)(ぎょ) (hakugyo

  1. a white fish
  2. Synonym of 紙魚 (shimi, silverfish)
  3. Synonym of 似鯉 (nigoi, Japanese barbel, Hemibarbus barbus)