根付き魚

根付き魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
根	付	魚
ね Grade: 3	つ Grade: 4	うお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 根付き (netsuki, “rooted”, in reference to where the fish tend to live) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ねつき​うお [nètsúkíꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ne̞t͡sɨᵝkʲiɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

根付き魚 (hiragana ねつきうお, rōmaji netsukiuo, historical hiragana ねつきうを)

1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral

Synonyms

• 根 (ね)魚 (うお) (neuo)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN