水母

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Chinese

water; river female; mother
simp. and trad.
(水母) 		水 母

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "mother"?”)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 水 母
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 書 (26) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 脂 (18) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 式軌切 莫厚切
Baxter sywijX muwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɕˠiuɪX/ /məuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɕʷᵚiX/ /məuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɕiuɪX/ /məuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɕjwiX/ /məwX/
Li
Rong 		/ɕjuiX/ /muX/
Wang
Li 		/ɕwiX/ /məuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɕwiX/ /mə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shuǐ mǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		seoi2 mau5

Noun

水母

  1. jellyfish (Classifier: 隻／只; 條／条)
    《廣志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，聞人聲沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    《广志》曰：水母，如羊胃，在海中常浮，闻人声沉水底。可生切食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 太平御覽
    “Guǎngzhì” yuē: shuǐmǔ, rú yáng wèi, zài hǎizhōng cháng fú, wén rénshēng chén shuǐdǐ. Kě shēng qiè shí.
    The Guangzhi says: "Jellyfish resemble the stomach of a goat, and constantly float in the ocean. When it hears the voice of people, it sinks to the bottom of the water. It can be sliced and eaten raw."

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (水母):
  • → Japanese: 水(すい)母(ぼ) (suibo)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
水 母
くらげ
Grade: 1 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
海月
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⟨kurage1⟩ → */kuraᵑɡʲe/ → /kuraɡe/

From Old Japanese. The kanji is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Noun

水母(くらげ) or 水母(クラゲ) • (kurage) 

  1. a jellyfish, medusa
Usage notes

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

Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
水 母
すい
Grade: 1 		ぼ
Grade: 2
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 水母 (MC sywijX muwX).

Pronunciation

Noun

水(すい)母(ぼ) • (suibo) 

  1. a jellyfish

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
水母

Noun

水母 • (sumo) (hangeul 수모)

  1. hanja form? of 수모 (“jellyfish”)
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