魚

魚 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田火 (NWF), four-corner 2733₆, composition ⿳⺈田灬)

1. Kangxi radical #195, ⿂.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/魚
• 𠽐, 𡐚, 𡠵, 𢐗, 𢠐, 𢳶, 漁, 𣊘, 龽, 䐳, 䁩, 𣩕, 𮃣, 䗨, 𨢭, 𠓈, 𨫷, 𩥭
• 𫑨, 穌, 䔡, 𪽟, 𩅔, 𢊧, 𤹿, 𫊣, 𢖍, 𨶢, 𪗏, 𭍯, 㱎

• 鱼 (Simplified Chinese)
• 𩵋 (Variant Chinese character)

• KangXi: page 1465, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45956
• Dae Jaweon: page 1998, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4674, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9B5A

Historical forms of the character 魚
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a fish.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with 漁 (OC *ŋa, “to fish”).

魚

1. fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c; 尾 m h mn)
2. fish (as a food)
3. (～日) (telegraphy) the sixth day of a month
4. ^† Alternative form of 漁／渔 (yú).
5. ^† Alternative form of 吾 (OC *ŋaː).
6. a surname

• “魚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• “Entry #8109”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: ご (go)
• Kan-on: ぎょ (gyo, Jōyō)^{←ぎよ (gyo, historical)}
• Kun: うお (uo, 魚, Jōyō)^{←うを (wo, 魚, historical)}; さかな (sakana, 魚, Jōyō)
• Nanori: い (i); いお (io)^{←いを (iwo, historical)}; お (o)^{←を (wo, historical)}; な (na)

魚 (uo): a fish

/uwo/ → /uo/

From Old Japanese.[1]

• (Tokyo) うお [ùó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝo̞]

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魚(うお) • (uo) ^{←うを (uwo)?}

1. a fish

/uwo/ → /iwo/ → /io/

Alteration of older uo, appearing from roughly the Heian period.

Still used today in some dialects.[1]

• IPA^(key): [io̞]

魚(いお) • (io) ^{←いを (iwo)?}

1. (archaic or dialectal, Kagoshima) a fish

魚 (sakana): a fish used as a side dish

Cognate with 肴 (sakana, “side dish of meat or vegetables usually served with alcoholic beverages”), itself a compound of Old Japanese-derived elements 酒 (saka, unbound apophonic form of sake₂, “alcoholic beverage, especially sake”) +‎ 肴, 菜, 魚 (na, “generic term for a side dish, especially vegetables, fish, or other meat”).[1]

• (Tokyo) さかな [sàkáná] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ka̠na̠]

魚(さかな) • (sakana) 

1. a fish, especially when used as food

   庭(にわ)で美(お)味(い)しい魚(さかな)を食(た)べた。

   Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.

   I ate a delicious fish in the garden.

   • 2000 January 27, “レインボー・フィッシュ [Rainbow Fish]”, in Vol.7, Konami:

     世(よ)にも珍(めずら)しい七(なな)色(いろ)の魚(さかな)。捕(つか)まえるのはかなり難(むずか)しい。

     Yonimo mezurashii nanairo no sakana. Tsukamaeru no wa kanari muzukashii.

     An extremely rare seven-colored fish. It is quite difficult to catch.

   • 2011 May 14, “半(はん)魚(ぎょ)獣(じゅう)・フィッシャービースト [Semi-Ichthyobestia Fisherbeast]”, in Beginner's Edition 1, Konami:

     陸(りく)では獣(けもの)のように、海(うみ)では魚(さかな)のように素(す)早(ばや)く攻(こう)撃(げき)する。

     Riku de wa kemono no yō ni, umi de wa sakana no yō ni subayaku kōgeki suru.

     Like a beast on land, like a fish in the sea, he attacks swiftly.

2. a side dish, specifically referring to fish

   Synonym: お菜 (okazu)

This is now the most common general word for fish in modern standard Japanese.

From Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ŋɨʌ).

• IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞]

魚(ぎょ) • (gyo) 

1. a fish
2. Short for 魚鱗 (gyorin): fish scales

魚(ぎょ) • (gyo) 

1. fish
2. fishlike

From Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ŋɨʌ).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [어]

Wikisource 魚 (eumhun 물고기 어 (mulgogi eo))

1. Hanja form^? of 어 (“fish”). [affix]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

魚

• Kun: いう (iu); いゆ (iyu)

• 飛魚(とぅぶー) (tubū)

/ʔiu/ → /ʔiːu/ → /ʔiju/

Shift from iu below.

• (Shuri-Naha) い​ゆ [íꜜyù] (Kakō - [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ʔiju]

魚 (hiragana いゆ, rōmaji iyu)

1. a fish

   魚(いゆ)取(とぅ)いが行(い)ちゅん。

   Iyu tuiga ichun.

   I will go catch a fish.

Cognate with Old Japanese 魚 (uwo).

Compare modern dialectal mainland Japanese 魚 (io), first appearing in print and becoming common from the Heian period, but likely extant earlier.

• IPA^(key): [ʔiu]

魚 (hiragana いう, rōmaji iu)

1. a fish

• “いう・いゆ【魚】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

魚 (uwo) (kana うを)

1. a fish

• 大魚 (opuwo)
• 氷魚 (pi₁wo)

• Japanese: 魚 (uo, io)

Cognate with 肴 (na, “side dish”),[1][2][3] by extension that can refer to any kind of meat.

魚 (na) (kana な)

1. a fish, especially when used as food
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 5, poem 869, first variant), text here

     多良志比賣可尾能美許等能奈都良須等美多多志世利斯 伊志遠多礼美吉

     tarasi pi₁me₁ kami₂ no₂ mi-ko₂to₂ no₂ na turasu to₂ mi₁-tatasi serisi isi wo tare mi₁ki₁

     Who saw the rock that rose up against us as we tried to catch the fish [or “catching sweetfishes”] belonging to the empress?

• 勇魚, 鯨魚 (isana, “whale”)

• Japanese: 魚 (sakana)

魚: Hán Việt readings: ngư (語(ngữ)居(cư)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
魚: Nôm readings: ngơ[1][2][3][4], ngư[1][2][3], ngớ[1][4], ngừ[3][4]

1. chữ Hán form of ngư (“fish”).

魚 (hiragana いゆ, romaji iyu)

• IPA^(key): [iju]

魚 (hiragana いゆ, romaji iyu)

1. fish

• 魚ぱし (iyupashi, “fishing”)

魚 (hiragana っゆー, romaji 'yū)

魚 (hiragana っゆー, romaji 'yū)

1. fish