木魚

See also: 木鱼

Chinese

tree; wood fish
trad. (木魚) 木 魚
simp. (木鱼) 木 鱼
木魚 (1)

Pronunciation


Noun

木魚

  1. wooden fish (Buddhist wooden percussion instrument)
  2. Alternative name for 柴魚/柴鱼 (cháiyú, “dried fish”).
  3. Short for 木魚歌/木鱼歌.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (木魚):
  • → Japanese: 木魚(も​くぎょ) (mo​kugyo)
  • → Korean: 목어(木魚) (mogeo)

Proper noun

木魚

  1. (~鎮) Muyu (a town in Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
  2. (~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
Alternative spelling
杢魚
木魚: a wooden gong in a Buddhist temple

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 木魚 (MC muwk ngjo). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) も​くぎょ [móꜜkùgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞kɯ̟ᵝɡʲo̞]

Noun

木(もく)魚(ぎょ) • (mokugyo) 

  1. (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)
  2. (colloquial) katsuobushi
  3. (slang) an impregnated married woman
    from the appearance of the stomach akin to the round hollow wooden fish

Derived terms

  • 木(もく)魚講(ぎょこう) (mokugyokō)
  • 木魚(もくぎょ)入(い)り合(あい)方(かた) (mokugyo iri aikata)

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
木魚

Noun

木魚 • (mogeo) (hangeul 목어)

  1. Hanja form? of 목어 (“wooden fish”).
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