Moto 魚: FishKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ギョ
- Kun'yomi
- うお、さかな、-ざかな
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 2
- Words
- 418 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ギョ)
- 魚介類ぎょかいるいmarine products; seafood
- 金魚きんぎょgoldfish (Carassius auratus)
- 稚魚ちぎょfry; juvenile fish
- 魚類ぎょるいfish; fishes
- 熱帯魚ねったいぎょtropical fish
- 鮮魚せんぎょfresh fish
- 人魚にんぎょmermaid; merman
- 幼魚ようぎょfry (young fish)
- 成魚せいぎょadult fish
- 活魚かつぎょlive fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
- 淡水魚たんすいぎょfreshwater fish
- 魚介ぎょかいmarine products; seafood
- 魚群ぎょぐんschool of fish
- 魚肉ぎょにくfish meat
- 魚雷ぎょらいtorpedo
- オーストラリア肺魚オーストラリアはいぎょQueensland lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
- ホーミング魚雷ホーミングぎょらいhoming torpedo
- 乾魚かんぎょdried fish; stockfish
- 人工魚礁じんこうぎょしょうartificial fish reef
- 人間魚雷回天にんげんぎょらいかいてんkaiten; human torpedo in WW2
- 人面魚じんめんぎょfish with a human-looking face
- 仔魚しぎょlarva of fish; larval fish
- 代用魚だいようぎょsubstitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one
- 光子魚雷こうしぎょらいphoton torpedo
- 冷凍魚れいとうぎょrefrigerated fish
- 半魚人はんぎょじんmerman; half man-half fish
- 双魚宮そうぎょきゅうPisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish
- 台湾金魚たいわんきんぎょparadise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
- 四大家魚よんだいかぎょfour large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)
- 回游魚かいゆうぎょmigratory fish; straddling fish stocks
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 魚さかなfish
- 小魚こざかなsmall fish; fry
- 川魚かわざかなriver fish; freshwater fish
- 焼き魚やきざかなgrilled fish
- 魚屋さかなやfish market; fish dealer
- 魚市場うおいちばfish market
- 魚釣りうおつりfishing
- 三日月燕魚みかづきつばめうおgolden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish
- 不思議魚ふしぎうおgibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)
- 乾し魚ほしうおdried fish; stockfish
- 俎上の魚そじょうのうおbeing in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board
- 兜魚かぶとうおlarge-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps)
- 冑魚かぶとうおlarge-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps)
- 出世魚しゅっせうおfish that are called by different names as they grow larger
- 刺魚とげうおstickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
- 吞舟の魚どんしゅうのうおfish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
- 呑舟の魚どんしゅうのうおfish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
- 四つ目魚よつめうおfour-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)
Other readings
- 年魚あゆsweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
- 魚河岸うおがしriverside fish market
- アルプス岩魚アルプスいわなarctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- マジェラン鮎魚女マジェランあいなめPatagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass
- 三又槍魚みつまたやりうおPacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
- 公魚わかさぎJapanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
- 初松魚はつがつおthe first bonito of the season
- 勇魚いさなwhale
- 北極岩魚ほっきょくいわなarctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- 南魚座みなみのうおざPiscis Austrinus (constellation); the Southern Fish
- 受口石斑魚うけくちうぐいTribolodon nakamurai (species of cyprinid)
- 嘉魚いわなchar; charr
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