雷魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
雷	魚
らい Grade: S	ぎょ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) らいぎょ [ráꜜìgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠iɡʲo̞]

Noun

雷(らい)魚(ぎょ) or 雷魚(ライギョ) • (raigyo)

snakehead

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
𩸭魚

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.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ライヒー [ráꜜìhìì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠içiː]

Noun

雷魚(ライヒー) • (raihī)

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): [ka̠mʲina̠ɾʲiɯ̟o̞]

Noun

雷(かみなり)魚(うお) • (kaminariuo) ^{←かみなりうを (kaminariuwo)^?}

sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus)

Synonyms

鰰(はたはた) (hatahata)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN