木魚

See also: 木鱼

Chinese

tree; wood fish
trad. (木魚)
simp. (木鱼)
木魚 (1)

Pronunciation


Noun

木魚

  1. wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)
  2. Alternative name for 柴魚柴鱼 (cháiyú, “dried fish”).
  3. Short for 木魚歌木鱼歌.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (木魚):
  • Japanese: 木魚(も​くぎょ) (mo​kugyo)
  • Korean: 목어(木魚) (mogeo)

Proper noun

木魚

  1. () Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
  2. () Muyu (a village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もく
Grade: 1
ぎょ
Grade: 2
goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
杢魚
木魚: a wooden gong in a Buddhist temple

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muwk ngjo). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) くぎょ [móꜜkùgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞]

Noun

(もく)(ぎょ) • (mokugyo) 

  1. (Buddhism) wooden fish:
    1. a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
    2. a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras
      Synonym: 魚柝 (gyotaku)
  2. (colloquial) katsuobushi
  3. (slang) an impregnated married woman
    from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

Derived terms

  • (もく)魚講(ぎょこう) (mokugyokō)
  • 木魚(もくぎょ)()(あい)(かた) (mokugyo iri aikata)

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

木魚 • (mogeo) (hangeul 목어)

  1. Hanja form? of 목어 (wooden fish).
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