木魚
See also: 木鱼
Chinese
tree; wood | fish | ||
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trad. (木魚) | 木 | 魚 | |
simp. (木鱼) | 木 | 鱼 |

木魚 (1)
Pronunciation
Noun
木魚
- wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)
- Alternative name for 柴魚/柴鱼 (cháiyú, “dried fish”).
- Short for 木魚歌/木鱼歌.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 木魚 (“wooden fish”) [map]
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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木 | 魚 |
もく Grade: 1 |
ぎょ Grade: 2 |
goon | kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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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?)
Noun
木魚 • (mokugyo)
- (Buddhism) wooden fish:
- (colloquial) katsuobushi
- (slang) an impregnated married woman
- from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish
Derived terms
- 木魚講 (mokugyokō)
- 木魚入り合方 (mokugyo iri aikata)
See also
- ぽくぽく (pokupoku, “onomatopoeia of striking a wooden fish”)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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