根魚
Japanese
Noun
Synonyms
- 根付き魚 (netsukiuo)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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根 | 魚 |
ね Grade: 3 |
さかな > ざかな Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) + 魚 (sakana, “fish”).[1][2] The sakana changes to zakana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
根魚 (hiragana ねざかな, rōmaji nezakana)
- a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
Usage notes
The neuo reading appears to be more common.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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