鮟鱇

Chinese


trad. (鮟鱇)		鮟	鱇
simp. (𩽾𩾌)		𩽾	𩾌

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鮟鱇(あんこう) (ankō).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānkāng, ànkāng

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄎㄤ, ㄢˋ ㄎㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ hong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānkāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄎㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ankang
  - Wade–Giles: an¹-kʻang¹
  - Yale: ān-kāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ankang
  - Palladius: анькан (anʹkan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    安康
    鮟鱇 / 𩽾𩾌
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ànkāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄎㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ànkang
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-kʻang¹
  - Yale: àn-kāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annkang
  - Palladius: анькан (anʹkan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ kʰɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: on¹ hong¹
  - Yale: ōn hōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ hong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ hong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ hɔːŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    安康
    鮟鱇 / 𩽾𩾌

Noun

鮟鱇

anglerfish; monkfish

Synonyms

琵琶魚／琵琶鱼 (pípáyú)
老頭魚／老头鱼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鮟	鱇
あん Hyōgai	こう Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Etymology

/anɡoː/ → /ankoː/

Unknown.

Various theories of the origin of あんこう (ankō) exist, such as from あんぐり (anguri) or あぐり (aguri, “agape, with one's mouth wide open”),^[1]^[2] perhaps related to Korean 아귀 (agwi, “anglerfish”). The kanji spelling is an Edo-period coinage, found for example in the 1709 biology text 大和本草 (Yamato Honzō, “Japanese Biology”), formed from earlier ateji (当て字) 安康 (ankō) by adding the 魚 / 鱼 (yú, “fish”) radical to each of the ateji characters. The current 鮟鱇 form has replaced the earlier 安康 form.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あんこー [áꜜǹkòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]^[5]
(Tokyo) あんこー [àńkóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[5]
IPA^(key): [ã̠ŋko̞ː]

Noun

鮟(あん)鱇(こう) or 鮟鱇(アンコウ) • (ankō) ^{←あんかう (ankau)^?}

an anglerfish, a monkfish, a goosefish

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アンコウ (ankō).

References

^ フリーランス雑学ライダーズ編『あて字のおもしろ雑学』 p.47 1988年永岡書店
^ アンコウ: 語源, Japanese Wikipedia
^ 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
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
鮟	鱇

Noun

鮟鱇 • (an'gang) (hangeul 안강)

hanja form^? of 안강 (“anglerfish; monkfish”)

Synonyms

아귀 (agwi)

[1] フリーランス雑学ライダーズ編『あて字のおもしろ雑学』 p.47 1988年永岡書店

[2] アンコウ: 語源, Japanese Wikipedia

[NHK-3] 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

[DJR-4] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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