雷魚

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
雷 魚
らい
Grade: S		 ぎょ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

雷(らい)魚(ぎょ) or 雷魚(ライギョ) • (raigyo) 

  1. snakehead

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
雷 魚
らい
Grade: S		 ひい
Grade: 2
irregular

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ラ​イヒー [ráꜜìhìì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾa̠içiː]

Noun

雷魚(ライヒー) • (raihī) 

  1. blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
Synonyms
  • 台(たい)湾(わん)泥(ど)鰌(じょう) (Taiwan dojō)

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
雷 魚
かみなり
Grade: S		 うお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 雷 (kaminari, “thunder”) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かみなり​うお [kàmínáríꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mʲina̠ɾʲiɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

雷(かみなり)魚(うお) • (kaminariuo) ←かみなりうを (kaminariwo)?

  1. sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)
Synonyms

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