wooden fish

English

a wooden fish

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木魚／木鱼 (mùyú).

Noun

wooden fish (plural wooden fish)

A wooden percussion instrument played by monks and lay people in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

Translations

percussion instrument

Chinese:
Mandarin: 木魚 (zh), 木鱼 (zh) (mùyú)
Finnish: puukala (fi)
Indonesian: ikan kayu

Japanese: 木魚 (mokugyo)
Korean: 목어 (ko) (mogeo)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: mõ (vi), mộc ngư

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