# 魚

| 魚 | U+9B5A, &#39770; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9B5A |
| ← 魙 [U+9B59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 魛 → [U+9B5B] |
| ⿂ | U+2FC2, &#12226; KANGXI RADICAL FISH |
| ← ⿁ [U+2FC1] | Kangxi Radicals | ⿃ → [U+2FC3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

魚 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田火 (NWF), four-corner 2733$_6$, composition ⿳⺈田灬)
* Kangxi radical #195, ⿂.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/魚
* 漁, 龽, 䐳, 䁩, 䗨, 穌, 䔡, 㱎
* 𠽐, 𡐚, 𡠵, 𢐗, 𢠐, 𢳶, 𣊘, 𣩕, 𮃣, 𨢭, 𠓈, 𨫷, 𩥭, 𱆏
* 𫑨, 𪽟, 𩅔, 𢊧, 𤹿, 𫊣, 𢖍, 𨶢, 𪗏, 𭍯
* 𤀸, 𤃖, 𫹂, 㱎, 𧓀, 𮒿, 𧅹, 𮓖, 𪺚, 𥩑, 𥩎, 𥷉, 𥷲, 𠏣, 𨏎, 𨽇

#### Related characters

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

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: 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

## Chinese

* 魚 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 魚 (Cantonese)
* 魚 (Classical)
* 魚 (Gan)
* Ǹg (Hakka)
* Ngṳ̀ (Eastern Min)
* Hî (Southern Min)
* 魚 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

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 |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蘇 | *sŋaː |
| 穌 | *sŋaː |
| 魚 | *ŋa |
| 漁 | *ŋa |
| 䱷 | *ŋa |
Pictogram (象形) – a fish. A conservative variant is 𤋳.

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu$^2$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yú
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jyu$^4$ / jyu$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngui$^3$ / ngui$^{3*}$ / ngui$^{3-4}$ / ngui$^{3-4*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): nyie$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ǹg
    (Hailu, HRS): ng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): n$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): y$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̂
* Eastern Min (BUC): ngṳ̀
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hy$^2$ / gy$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hî / hû / hîr / gû / gîr / gî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): he$^5$ / hu$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): hu$^5$ / yi$^5$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$ng / $^2$ng / $^6$yu / $^2$yu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): y$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (魚兒 / 鱼儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúr
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: yúr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuel
*** Palladius: юйр (jujr)
*** Sinological IPA : /yə̯ɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: yú
*** Sinological IPA : /y²⁴/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /y²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^4$ / jyu$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: yùh / yú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^4$ / jy$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^4$ / yu$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː²¹/, /jyː²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ngui$^3$ / ngui$^{3*}$ / ngui$^{3-4}$ / ngui$^{3-4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵑɡui²²/, /ᵑɡui²²⁻²²⁵/, /ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹/, /ᵑɡui²²⁻²¹⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: nyie$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /n̠ʲie³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ǹg
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ̍¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ng
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: n$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /n̩¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: y$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /y¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋy³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ngṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋy⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hy$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /hy¹³/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gy$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /ky¹³/
* hy2 - vernacular;
* gy2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit魚 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /y³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /y²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /y⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /y⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /y⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /y⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /y²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /y²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /y⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /y⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /y⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /y²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /y³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /i²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /i³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /y²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /zz̩ʷ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /y¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ȵy¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /y³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ŋ̍²³/ /ɦy²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɦy¹³/ /ŋ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ɦz̩ʷ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ŋøy³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ny⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵy⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /y¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /y¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵie⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /n̩¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋ̍¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jy²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /y²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jy²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /gu³⁵/ /hi³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋy⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ŋy³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /hɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /zi³¹/ /hu³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: ngjo
Rime :
| Character | 魚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 語居切 |
| Baxter | ngjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r.ŋ]a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋa/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 魚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjo › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r.ŋ]a/ |
| English | fish (n.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 魚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15939 |
| Phonetic component | 魚 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 魚 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋa/ |

### Definitions

魚
* fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c h j mb x; 尾 m h mn mn-t; 隻／只 g mn x; 頭／头 mb md; 梗 w)
* Used in names of aquatic animals.
    甲魚／甲鱼 ― jiǎyú ― softshell turtle
    鮑魚／鲍鱼 ― bàoyú ― abalone
    鱷魚／鳄鱼 ― èyú ― crocodilian; crocodile and alligator in general
    墨斗魚／墨斗鱼 ― mòdǒuyú ― cuttlefish
    文昌魚／文昌鱼 ― wénchāngyú ― lancelet
* fish (as a food)
* (～日) (telegraphy) the sixth day of a month
* Ancient form of 漁 / 渔 (yú)
* Ancient form of 吾 (OC *ŋaː).
* a surname

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 魚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 魚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 魚 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 魚兒, 魚娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 魚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 魚 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 魚兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 魚, 擺尾子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 魚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 魚 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 魚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 魚 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 魚 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 魚 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 魚仔, 魚 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 魚仔, 魚 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 魚仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 魚哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 魚哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 魚哩 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 魚 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 魚 |
| Hakka | Changting | 魚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 魚子, 魚 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 魚仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 魚仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 魚仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 魚仔, 魚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 魚子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 魚 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 魚仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 魚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 魚 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 魚 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 魚兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 魚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 魚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 魚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 魚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 魚, 啊魚 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 魚 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 魚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 魚 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 魚 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 魚 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 魚 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 魚 |

#### Compounds

* 五餅二魚 / 五饼二鱼 (wǔbǐng'èryú)
* 人魚 / 人鱼 (rényú)
* 伯魚 / 伯鱼
* 印魚 / 印鱼
* 叉魚 / 叉鱼
* 史魚 / 史鱼
* 嘉魚 / 嘉鱼 (Jiāyú)
* 團魚 / 团鱼 (tuányú)
* 射魚 / 射鱼
* 帶魚 / 带鱼 (dàiyú)
* 恩魚 / 恩鱼
* 懸魚 / 悬鱼
* 扁魚 / 扁鱼
* 打魚 / 打鱼 (dǎyú)
* 捕魚 / 捕鱼 (bǔyú)
* 挫魚 / 挫鱼
* 摸魚 / 摸鱼 (mōyú)
* 撲魚 / 扑鱼
* 放魚 / 放鱼
* 文魚 / 文鱼 (wényú)
* 斑魚 / 斑鱼
* 旗魚 / 旗鱼 (qíyú)
* 木魚 / 木鱼 (mùyú)
* 板魚 / 板鱼 (bǎnyú)
* 柴魚 / 柴鱼 (cháiyú)
* 枯魚 / 枯鱼
* 梭魚 / 梭鱼 (suōyú)
* 比目魚 / 比目鱼 (bǐmùyú)
* 水魚 / 水鱼 (shuǐyú)
* 池魚 / 池鱼
* 沙丁魚 / 沙丁鱼 (shādīngyú)
* 沙魚 / 沙鱼 (shāyú)
* 河魚 / 河鱼 (Héyú)
* 炸魚 / 炸鱼
* 烏賊魚 / 乌贼鱼 (wūzéiyú)
* 烏魚 / 乌鱼 (wūyú)
* 煙仔魚 / 烟仔鱼 (ian-á-hî)
* 狼魚 / 狼鱼
* 甲魚 / 甲鱼
* 白魚 / 白鱼 (báiyú)
* 皋魚 / 皋鱼
* 箭魚 / 箭鱼 (jiànyú)
* 紅魚 / 红鱼 (hóngyú)
* 絲魚 / 丝鱼
* 腳魚 / 脚鱼 (jiǎoyú)
* 臘魚 / 腊鱼
* 臥魚 / 卧鱼
* 花魚湖 / 花鱼湖 (Huāyúhú)
* 草魚 / 草鱼 (cǎoyú)
* 蝴蝶魚 / 蝴蝶鱼 (húdié yú)
* 蟲魚 / 虫鱼
* 蠹魚 / 蠹鱼 (dùyú)
* 衣魚 / 衣鱼 (yīyú)
* 角魚 / 角鱼 (jiǎoyú)
* 豚魚 / 豚鱼
* 貫魚 / 贯鱼
* 醃魚 / 腌鱼 (yānyú)
* 金槍魚 / 金枪鱼 (jīnqiāngyú)
* 金魚 / 金鱼 (jīnyú)
* 釣魚 / 钓鱼 (diàoyú)
* 銀魚 / 银鱼 (yínyú)
* 雙魚 / 双鱼 (Shuāngyú)
* 雪魚 / 雪鱼 (xuěyú)
* 電魚 / 电鱼
* 青魚 / 青鱼 (qīngyú)
* 章魚 / 章鱼 (zhāngyú)
* 飛魚 / 飞鱼 (fēiyú)
* 香魚 / 香鱼 (xiāngyú)
* 鬥魚 / 斗鱼 (dòuyú)
* 魚丸 / 鱼丸 (yúwán)
* 魚伯 / 鱼伯
* 魚信 / 鱼信
* 魚兒 / 鱼儿
* 魚具 / 鱼具 (yújù)
* 魚刀 / 鱼刀
* 魚刺 / 鱼刺 (yúcì)
* 魚卵 / 鱼卵 (yúluǎn)
* 魚叉 / 鱼叉 (yúchā)
* 魚口 / 鱼口
* 魚塭 / 鱼塭 (yúwēn)
* 魚塘 / 鱼塘 (yútáng)
* 魚子 / 鱼子 (yúzǐ)
* 魚子醬 / 鱼子酱 (yúzǐjiàng)
* 魚封 / 鱼封
* 魚尾 / 鱼尾 (yúwěi)
* 魚尾紋 / 鱼尾纹 (yúwěiwén)
* 魚市 / 鱼市 (yúshì)
* 魚情 / 鱼情
* 魚找魚，蝦找蝦 / 鱼找鱼，虾找虾
* 魚拓 / 鱼拓
* 魚排 / 鱼排
* 魚書 / 鱼书
* 魚服 / 鱼服
* 魚木 / 鱼木
* 魚板 / 鱼板 (yúbǎn)
* 魚梁
* 魚梯 / 鱼梯
* 魚樂 / 鱼乐
* 魚死網破 / 鱼死网破 (yúsǐwǎngpò)
* 魚水 / 鱼水 (yúshuǐ)
* 魚水情 / 鱼水情
* 魚汛 / 鱼汛 (yúxùn)
* 魚池 / 鱼池 (yúchí)
* 魚沉 / 鱼沉
* 魚油 / 鱼油 (yúyóu)
* 魚漂 / 鱼漂 (yúpiāo)
* 魚爛 / 鱼烂
* 魚片 / 鱼片
* 魚狗 / 鱼狗 (yúgǒu)
* 魚白 / 鱼白 (yúbái)
* 魚目混珠 / 鱼目混珠 (yúmùhùnzhū)
* 魚眼 / 鱼眼 (yúyǎn)
* 魚秧 / 鱼秧
* 魚秧子 / 鱼秧子
* 魚窩頭 / 鱼窝头 (Yúwōtóu)
* 魚竿 / 鱼竿 (yúgān)
* 魚符 / 鱼符
* 魚笱 / 鱼笱 (yúgǒu)
* 魚箋 / 鱼笺
* 魚簍 / 鱼篓 (yúlǒu)
* 魚米之鄉 / 鱼米之乡 (yúmǐzhīxiāng)
* 魚粉 / 鱼粉
* 魚粕 / 鱼粕
* 魚紋 / 鱼纹
* 魚網 / 鱼网 (yúwǎng)
* 魚線 / 鱼线
* 魚繭 / 鱼茧
* 魚缸 / 鱼缸 (yúgāng)
* 魚网
* 魚罟 / 鱼罟
* 魚群 / 鱼群 (yúqún)
* 魚群探測器 / 鱼群探测器
* 魚翅 / 鱼翅 (yúchì)
* 魚肉 / 鱼肉 (yúròu)
* 魚肚 / 鱼肚 (yúdǔ)
* 魚肝油 / 鱼肝油 (yúgānyóu)
* 魚肚白 / 鱼肚白 (yúdùbái)
* 魚肥 / 鱼肥
* 魚脣 / 鱼唇 (yúchún)
* 魚腥 / 鱼腥
* 魚膠 / 鱼胶 (yújiāo)
* 魚花 / 鱼花 (yúhuā)
* 魚苗 / 鱼苗 (yúmiáo)
* 魚藤 / 鱼藤
* 魚藻 / 鱼藻
* 魚虎 / 鱼虎 (yúhǔ)
* 魚蝨 / 鱼虱
* 魚蝦 / 鱼虾 (yúxiā)
* 魚蟲 / 鱼虫 (yúchóng)
* 魚袋 / 鱼袋
* 魚論 / 鱼论
* 魚販 / 鱼贩 (yúfàn)
* 魚貫 / 鱼贯 (yúguàn)
* 魚躍救球 / 鱼跃救球
* 魚遊釜中 / 鱼游釜中
* 魚鉤 / 鱼钩 (yúgōu)
* 魚雁 / 鱼雁
* 魚雷 / 鱼雷 (yúléi)
* 魚雷艇 / 鱼雷艇
* 魚頭 / 鱼头 (yútóu)
* 魚類 / 鱼类 (yúlèi)
* 魚餌 / 鱼饵 (yú'ěr)
* 魚鬆 / 鱼松 (yúsōng)
* 魚鮓 / 鱼鲊
* 魚鮮 / 鱼鲜 (yúxiān)
* 魚鰭 / 鱼鳍 (yúqí)
* 魚鰾 / 鱼鳔 (yúbiào)
* 魚鱗 / 鱼鳞 (yúlín)
* 魚鳥 / 鱼鸟
* 魚鷹 / 鱼鹰 (yúyīng)
* 魚麗 / 鱼丽
* 魚鼓 / 鱼鼓 (yúgǔ)
* 魚龍 / 鱼龙 (yúlóng)
* 魚龍混雜 / 鱼龙混杂 (yúlónghùnzá)
* 魷魚 / 鱿鱼 (yóuyú)
* 鮑魚 / 鲍鱼 (bàoyú)
* 鮒魚 / 鲋鱼
* 鮭魚 / 鲑鱼 (guīyú)
* 鮪魚 / 鲔鱼 (wěiyú)
* 鯉魚 / 鲤鱼 (lǐyú)
* 鯊魚 / 鲨鱼 (shāyú)
* 鯽魚 / 鲫鱼 (jìyú)
* 鯗魚 / 鲞鱼 (xiǎngyú)
* 鯡魚 / 鲱鱼 (fēiyú)
* 鯨魚 / 鲸鱼 (jīngyú)
* 鯰魚 / 鲶鱼 (niányú)
* 鯢魚 / 鲵鱼
* 鯧魚 / 鲳鱼 (chāngyú)
* 鰒魚 / 鳆鱼 (fùyú)
* 鰉魚 / 鳇鱼 (huángyú)
* 鰈魚 / 鲽鱼
* 鰂魚涌 / 鲗鱼涌
* 鰤魚 / 𫚕鱼
* 鱈魚 / 鳕鱼 (xuěyú)
* 鰻魚 / 鳗鱼
* 鱄魚 / 𫚋鱼
* 鰷魚 / 鲦鱼 (tiáoyú)
* 鰲魚 / 鳌鱼
* 鰱魚 / 鲢鱼 (liányú)
* 鱒魚 / 鳟鱼 (zūnyú)
* 鱖魚 / 鳜鱼 (guìyú)
* 鱔魚 / 鳝鱼 (shànyú)
* 鱸魚 / 鲈鱼 (lúyú)
* 鱷魚 / 鳄鱼 (èyú)
* 鳳尾魚 / 凤尾鱼 (fèngwěiyú)
* 鷂魚 / 鹞鱼
* 鹹魚 / 咸鱼 (xiányú)
* 鹹魚翻生 / 咸鱼翻生
* 鹹魚翻身 / 咸鱼翻身 (xiányú fānshēn)
* 黃魚 / 黄鱼 (huángyú)
* 墨魚 / 墨鱼 (mòyú)
* 黿魚 / 鼋鱼 (yuányú)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 魚(ぎょ) (gyo)
* → Korean: 어(魚) (eo)
* → Vietnamese: ngư (魚)

### References

* “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–
* “魚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ご (go)
* Kan-on: ぎょ (gyo, Jōyō)
* Kun: うお (uo, 魚, Jōyō)、さかな (sakana, 魚, Jōyō)
* Nanori: い (i)、いお (io)、お (o)、な (na)

#### Compounds

* 年魚(あゆ), 香魚(あゆ) (ayu)
* 岩(イワ)魚(ナ), 嘉(イワ)魚(ナ) (iwana)
* 虎魚(オコゼ) (okoze)
* 雑魚(ざこ) (zako)
* 細魚(サヨリ), 針魚(サヨリ) (sayori)
* 秋刀魚(サンマ) (sanma)
* 柳葉魚(シシャモ) (shishamo)
* 衣魚(シミ), 紙魚(シミ), 蠹魚(シミ) (shimi)
* 章魚(タコ) (tako)
* 魚屋(ととや) (totoya)
* 魚子(ななこ) (nanako)
* 沙魚(ハゼ) (haze)
* 魚籠(ビク) (biku)
* 比目魚(ヒラメ) (hirame)
* 真魚(まな) (mana)
* 翻車魚(マンボウ) (manbō)
* 赤目魚(メナダ) (menada)
* 公魚(ワカサギ) (wakasagi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 魚
* さかな Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 魚 – see the following entry. :
| 【さかな】 | [noun] 魚: [from the 1600s] a fish |
(This term, 魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 魚
* うお Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
/uwo/ → /uo/
From Old Japanese.
Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *uwo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うお [ùó] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) うお [ùóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* (Tokyo) うお [úꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɯ̟o̞]
* Audio:(file)
Modern dialectal data
* (Sapporo, Hokkaidō) //
* (Rebun, Hokkaidō) //
* (Aomori, Aomori Prefecture) //
* (Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture) //
* (Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture) //
* (Morioka, Iwate) //
* (Ashiro (Hachimantai), Iwate) //
* (Sendai, Miyagi) //
* (Akita, Akita Prefecture) //
* (Kawabe, Akita Prefecture) //
* (Amarume (Shōnai), Yamagata) //
* (Kōriyama, Fukushima) //
* (Takada (Date), Fukushima) /ɯ̈o/
* (Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture) //
* (Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture) //
* (Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture) //
* (Menuma (Kumagaya), Saitama Prefecture) //
* (Tako, Chiba Prefecture) //
* (Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture) //
* (Tokyo) /ɯ⸢o ~ ɯ⸢o⸣/
* (Okutama, Tokyo) /⸢joː/
* (Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture) //
* (Niigata, Niigata Prefecture) //
* (Sado, Niigata Prefecture) //
* (Toyama, Toyama Prefecture) /i⸢wo/
* (Gokayama, Toyama Prefecture) //
* (Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture) //
* (Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture) //
* (Fukui, Fukui Prefecture) /ɯo/
* (Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture) /ɯ⸢ʷo/
* (Nagano, Nagano Prefecture) /ɯ⸢o/
* (Akiyama, Akiyama Prefecture) //
* (Gifu, Gifu Prefecture) //
* (Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture) /i⸢oː/
* (Nagoya, Aichi) //
* (Ano (Tsu), Mie Prefecture) /⸢uo/
* (Nagahama-Santō (Nagahama-Maibara) Shiga Prefecture) //
* (Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture) /⸢uo/
* (Osaka, Osaka Prefecture) //
* (Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture) //
* (Kakogawa, Hyōgo Prefecture) //
* (Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture) //
* (Totsugawa, Nara Prefecture) /⸢iʷo/
* (Arida, Wakayama Prefecture) //
* (Tottori, Tottori Prefecture) //
* (Izumo, Shimane Prefecture) //
* (Okayama, Okayama Prefecture) //
* (Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture) /i⸢o/
* (Yuki (Jinsekikōgen), Hiroshima Prefecture) //
* (Okayama, Okayama Prefecture) //
* (Tokuji (Yamaguchi), Yamaguchi Prefecture) //
* (Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture) /⸢uo/
* (Kagawa, Kagawa Prefecture) //
* (Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture) //
* (Ōshū, Ehime Prefecture), //
* (Kochi, Kochi Prefecture) //
* (Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture) /i⸢o⸣/
* (Kitagata, Saga Prefecture) /⸣iwo/
* (Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture) /u⸢o⸣/
* (Fukue (Gotō), Nagasaki Prefecture) //
* (Kagami (Yatsushiro), Kumamoto Prefecture) /i⸣wo/
* (Notsu (Usuki), Ōita Prefecture) /i⸢jo/
* (Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture) /iʷo/
* (Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture) /i⸢ʷo⸣/
* (Koshiki, Kagoshima Prefecture) /i⸣jo/
Note: The information are extracted per se, in a broad IPA transcription by the author. There may be inaccuracies in the data. For Hachijō and Ryukyuan data, see their corresponding entries.
/ɯ̈/ is a described as a "central vowel", but the precise transcription is unclear.
Data source (unless missing): Hirayama, Teruo (平山 照男), Ōshima Ichirō (大島 一郎), Ōno Masao (大野 眞男), Kuno Makoto (久野 眞), Kuno Mariko (久野 マリ子), Sugimura Takao (杉村 孝夫) (1992-1994) 現代日本語方言大辞典 [Dictionary of Japanese Dialects], Tokyo: Meiji Shoin (明治書院)
Other dialectal data
Kagoshima (1987) iu, Gifu (Hida) iuo, Toyama (1959), Fukui, Fukui (Ōban), Minami-Ise, Kishū, Wakayama, Tottori, Shimane, Hiroshima, Tokushima, Tosa, Shimabara (1953), Ōita, Ōsumi, Kagoshima (1987) io, Fukushima, Saitama (1989), Izu Ōshima, Hachijō, Shima, Kagoshima (1987) iyo, Sanuki, Setouchi, Tsushima, Kumamoto (1942), Kagoshima (1987) iwo, Sanuki ugo, Ishikawa, Tottori eo, Fukushima oyo, Fukui (Ōban), Shizuoka, Shima, Minami Ise, Yamato, Wakayama, Tottori, Shimane, Sanuki, Iyo yuo, Shizuoka yuō, Akita, Izu Ōshima, Hachijō yo, Yamgata yoi, Saitama, Tokyo, Fukui, Shizuoka, Tottori, Shimane yō, Iwate yoko.

#### Noun

魚(うお) • (uo)
* a fish

##### Derived terms

* 魚(うお)市(いち)場(ば) (uo ichiba, “fish market”)
* 魚(うお)河岸(がし) (uogashi, “riverside fish market”)
* 魚(うお)心(ごころ) (uogokoro)
* うお座(ざ) (Uo-za)
* 魚(うお)印(じるし) (uojirushi)
* 魚(うお)釣(つ)り (uotsuri)
* 魚(うお)屋(や) (uoya)
* 青(アオ)魚(ウオ) (aōo)
* 活(い)け魚(うお) (ikeuo, “live fish and shellfish kept in a tank in a restaurant”)
* 海(うみ)魚(うお) (umiuo)
* 大(おお)魚(うお) (ōuo)
* 鰹(カツオ) (katsuo)
* 雷(カミナリ)魚(ウオ) (kaminariuo)
* 川(かわ)魚(うお) (kawauo, “river fish; freshwater fish”)
* 氷(こおり)の魚(うお) (kōri no uo)
* 山(サン)椒(ショウ)魚(ウオ) (sanshōuo)
* 白(シラ)魚(ウオ) (shirauo, “icefish”)
* 棘(トゲ)魚(ウオ) (togeuo, “stickleback fish”)
* 飛(と)び魚(うお) (tobiuo, “flying fish”)
* 針(はり)魚(うお) (hariuo), 針(はり)魚(お) (hario)
** 針魚(ハリヨ) (hariyo)
* 氷(ひ)魚(うお) (hiuo)
* 藻(も)魚(うお) (mōo)

##### Idioms

* 魚(うお)と水(みず) (uo to mizu)
* 魚(うお)の木(き)に登(のぼ)る如(ごと)し (uo no ki ni noboru gotoshi)
* 魚(うお)の水(みず)を得(え)たよう (uo no mizu o etayou)
* 魚(うお)の水(みず)を離(はな)れたよう (uo no mizu o hanaretayou)

##### Proverbs

* 魚(うお)の釜(ふ)中(ちゅう)に遊(あそ)ぶが若(ごと)し (uo no fuchū ni asobu ga gotoshi)
* 魚(うお)の目(め)に水(みず)見(み)えず (uo no me ni mizu miezu)
* 魚(うお)は鯛(たい) (uo wa tai)
* 魚(うお)を得(え)て筌(うけ)を忘(わす)る (uo o ete uke o wasuru)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 魚
* いお Grade: 2
* irregular
/uwo/ → /iwo/ → /io/
Alteration of older uo, appearing from roughly the Heian period. Alternatively this might be the usage of an apophonic form *iwo; compare Proto-Ryukyuan *iwo.
Still used today in some dialects.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [io̞]

#### Noun

魚(いお) • (io)
* (archaic or dialectal) a fish

##### Derived terms

* 魚(いお)亀(がめ) (iogame)
* 魚(いお)鋤(すき) (iosuki)
* 魚(いお)捕(と)り (iotori)
* 魚(いお)の目(め) (io no me), 魚(いお)目(め) (iome)
* 上(あ)げ魚(いお) (ageio)
* 氷(こおり)の魚(いお) (kōri no io)
* 雀(すずめ)魚(いお) (suzumeio)
* 針(はり)魚(いお) (harīo)
* 干(ひ)魚(いお) (hīo)
* 藻(も)魚(いお) (moio)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 魚
* ぎょ Grade: 2
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ngjo).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡʲo̞]

#### Noun

魚(ぎょ) • (gyo)
* a fish
* Short for 魚鱗 (gyorin): fish scales

#### Affix

魚(ぎょ) • (gyo)
* fish
* fishlike

##### Derived terms

* 魚(ぎょ)影(えい) (gyoei)
* 魚(ぎょ)塩(えん) (gyoen)
* 魚(ぎょ)価(か) (gyoka)
* 魚(ぎょ)介(かい) (gyokai)
* 魚(ぎょ)目(もく) (gyomoku)
* 魚(ぎょ)綾(りゅう) (gyoryū)
* 魚(ぎょ)綾(りょう), 魚(ぎょ)陵(りょう), 魚(ぎょ)竜(りょう) (gyoryō)
* 魚(ぎょ)鱗(りん) (gyorin)
* 魚(ぎょ)類(るい) (gyorui)
* 海(かい)魚(ぎょ) (kaigyo)
* 活(かつ)魚(ぎょ) (katsugyo)
* 乾(かん)魚(ぎょ) (kangyo)
* 金(キン)魚(ギョ) (kingyo)
* 水(すい)魚(ぎょ) (suigyo)
* 成(せい)魚(ぎょ) (seigyo)
* 鮮(せん)魚(ぎょ) (sengyo)
* 大(たい)魚(ぎょ) (taigyo)
* 稚(ち)魚(ぎょ) (chigyo)
* 人(にん)魚(ぎょ) (ningyo)
* 白(はく)魚(ぎょ) (hakugyo)
* 木(もく)魚(ぎょ) (mokugyo)
* 養(よう)魚(ぎょ) (yōgyo)
* 熱(ねっ)帯(たい)魚(ぎょ) (nettaigyo)

### References

* ↑ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN, page 139
* 1 2 3 “うお［うを］ 【魚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “いお［いを］ 【魚】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 魚 (MC ngjo).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | ᅌᅥᆼ (Yale: ngè) | ᅌᅥᆼ (Yale: ngè) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 고기〮 (Yale: kwòkí) | 어 (Yale: è) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ʌ̹]
* Phonetic hangul: [어]

### Hanja

Wikisource 魚 (eumhun 물고기 어 (mulgogi eo))
* hanja form of 어 (“fish”) [affix]

#### Compounds

* 문어 (文魚, muneo)
* 악어 (鰐魚, ageo)
* 어뢰 (魚雷, eoroe)
* 어류 (魚類, eoryu)
* 어족 (魚族, eojok)
* 연어 (鰱魚, yeoneo)
* 인어 (人魚, ineo)
* 장어 (長魚, jang'eo)
* 청어 (靑魚, cheong'eo)
* 오징어 (烏賊魚, ojing'eo)
* 어망 (魚網, eomang)
* 어분 (魚粉, eobun)

### References

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

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いう (iu, 魚)、いゆ (iyu, 魚)

#### Compounds

* 飛魚(とぅぶー) (tubū)

### Etymology 1

/ʔiu/ → /ʔiːu/ → /ʔiju/
Shift from iu below.

#### Pronunciation

* (Shuri-Naha) い​ゆ [íꜜyù] (Kakō -)
* IPA: [ʔiju]

#### Noun

魚(いゆ) (iyu)
* a fish
    魚(いゆ)取(とぅ)いが行(い)ちゅん。Iyu tuiga ichun.I will go catch a fish.

##### Derived terms

* 魚(いゆ)売(う)やー (iyu uyā)
* 魚(いゆ)肉(しし) (iyushishi)
* 魚(いゆ)天(てぃん)麩(ぷ)羅(ら) (iyu tinpura)
* 魚(いゆ)ぬ目(みー) (iyu nu mī)
* 魚(いゆ)市(まち) (iyumachi, “fishmarket”)
* 鯉(くー)魚(いゆ) (kūiyu)
* 下(さ)がい魚(いゆ) (sagaīyu, “fish that is no longer fresh”)
* 田(たー)魚(いゆ) (tāiyu, “crucian carp”)
* 太刀(たち)ぬ魚(いゆ) (tachi nu iyu)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Ryukyuan *io, from Proto-Japonic *iwo, apophonic form of *uwo. 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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔiu]

#### Noun

魚(いう) (iu)
* a fish

### References

* ↑ Okinawan Dictionary Data Collection
   * “いう・いゆ【魚】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Old Japanese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

魚 (uwo) (kana うを)
* a fish

##### Derived terms

* 大魚 (opuwo)
* 氷魚 (pi$_1$wo)

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 魚 (uo, io)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

魚 (na) (kana な)
* a fish, especially when used as food
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, first variant 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 pi$_1$me$_1$ kami$_2$ no$_2$ mi-ko$_2$to$_2$ no$_2$ na turasu to$_2$ mi$_1$-tatasi serisi isi wo tare mi$_1$ki$_1$Who saw the rock that rose up against us as we tried to catch the fish [or “catching sweetfishes”] belonging to the empress?

##### Derived terms

* 勇魚, 鯨魚 (isana, “whale”)

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 魚 (sakana)

### References

* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese
### Han character

魚: Hán Việt readings: ngư (語(ngữ)居(cư)切(thiết))
魚: Nôm readings: ngơ, ngư, ngớ, ngừ
* chữ Hán form of ngư (“(only in compounds) fish”).

#### Compounds

* 沉魚落雁 (trầm ngư lạc nhạn)
* 美人魚 (mĩ nhân ngư)
* 雙魚 (Song Ngư)
* 魚雷 (ngư lôi)
* 鮑魚 (bào ngư)
* 鯨魚 (kình ngư)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 3 Hồ (1976).

## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: いゆ (iyu, 魚)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [iju]

### Noun

魚(いゆ) (iyu)
* fish

#### Derived terms

* 魚っぱし (iyup'ashi, “fishing”)

## Yoron
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: っゆー (yyū, 魚)

### Noun

魚(っゆー) (yyū)
* fish