根魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
うお
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of (ne, root) +‎ (uo, fish).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(うお) • (neuoねうを (neuwo)?

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
    Synonym: 根付き魚 (netsuki-uo)
  2. synonym of 鮎並 (ainame): a greenling (kind of fish)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
さかな > ざかな
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Compound of (ne, root) +‎ (sakana, fish).[1][2] The sakana changes to zakana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かな [nèzáꜜkànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞za̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

()(ざかな) • (nezakana

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
Usage notes

The neuo reading appears to be more common.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN