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Japanese
Etymology 1
ライギョウ on Japanese Wikipedia
Pronunciation
Noun
雷魚 or 雷魚 • (raigyo)
- snakehead
Etymology 2
From Amoy Hokkien 𩸭魚 / 𩸭鱼 or 雷魚 / 雷鱼.
The spelling 𩸭魚 / 𩸭鱼 appears in 廈門志·卷五: "...犀角、黃臘、白錫、白糖、蝦米、𩸭魚各物。". The spelling 雷魚 / 雷鱼 appears to be the common name.
Pronunciation
Noun
雷魚 • (raihī)
- blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Compound of 雷 (kaminari, “thunder”) + 魚 (uo, “fish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
雷魚 • (kaminariuo) ←かみなりうを (kaminariuwo)?
- sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN