Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ら​いぎょ [ráꜜìgyò] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɾ̠a̠iɡ̃jo̞]

Noun

雷魚 ‎(hiragana らいぎょ, katakana ライギョ, romaji raigyo)

1. snakehead

Etymology 2

From Amoy Hokkien [Term?] (The 𩸭魚 spelling appears in 廈門志·卷五, in "...犀角、黃臘、白錫、白糖、蝦米、𩸭魚各物。". The 雷魚 spelling appears to be the common name.).

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ラ​イヒー [ráꜜìhìì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɾ̠a̠içiː]

Alternative forms

• 𩸭魚

Noun

雷魚 ‎(katakana ライヒー, romaji raihī)

1. blotched snakehead

Synonyms

• 台湾泥鰌 (たいわんどじょう) ‎(taiwandojō)

Etymology 3

Compound of 雷 ‎(kaminari, “thunder”) +‎ 魚 ‎(uo, “fish”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) かみなり​うお [kàmínáríꜜùò] (Nakadaka - [4])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠mĩna̠ɾiɯᵝo̞]

Noun

雷魚 ‎(hiragana かみなりうお, romaji kaminariuo, historical hiragana かみなりうを)

1. sailfin sandfish

Synonyms

• 鰰 (はたはた) ‎(hatahata)

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&char=%F0%A9%B8%AD
• http://activity.ntsec.gov.tw/activity/race-1/48/senior/040719.pdf