杢魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杢	魚
もく Hyōgaiji	ぎょ Grade: 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 杢魚 – see the following entry.

【木魚もくぎょ】

[noun] (Buddhism) wooden fish:

[noun] a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties

[noun] a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras

[noun] (colloquial) katsuobushi

[noun] (slang) an impregnated married woman

(This term, 杢魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)