木魚

See also: 木鱼

Chinese

		tree; wood	fish
trad. (木魚)		木	魚
simp. (木鱼)		木	鱼

木魚。

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùyú

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ jyu^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): bo̍k-hî / bo̍k-hîr / bo̍k-hû / bo̍k-gîr

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mùyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄩˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhyu
  - IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ jyu^4-2
  - Yale: muhk yú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ jy^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ yu²
  - IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hî
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghii
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hi¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hi²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hîr
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hîr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻²² hɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-hû
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-hû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boghuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² hu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-gîr
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-gîr

Noun

木魚

wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)

Synonyms

嘓 (guō) (Min Nan)
嘓仔 (Min Nan)
嘓魚／嘓鱼 (Min Nan)

柴嘓 (Min Nan)
魚鼓／鱼鼓 (yúgǔ)

Derived terms

木魚坪／木鱼坪 (Mùyúpíng)
木魚書／木鱼书

木魚歌／木鱼歌

Proper noun

木魚

(～鎮) Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
(～村) Muyu (a village in Muyu, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	魚
もく Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
goon	kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muk̚ ŋɨʌ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) もくぎょ [móꜜkùgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA^(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞]

Noun

木魚 (hiragana もくぎょ, rōmaji mokugyo)

(Buddhism) wooden fish:
1. a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
2. a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras
  Synonym: 魚柝 (gyotaku)
(colloquial) katsuobushi
(slang) an impregnated married woman
from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

Derived terms

木 (もく)魚 (ぎょ)講 (こう) (mokugyokō)
木魚 (もくぎょ)入 (い)り合 (あい)方 (かた) (mokugyo iri aikata)

See also

ぽくぽく (pokupoku, “onomatopoeia of striking a wooden fish”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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