# 水母
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Why "mother"?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shuǐmǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ mou$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chúi-bú / chúi-bó
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shuǐmǔ [Phonetic: shuímǔ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shuěimǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shui$^3$-mu$^3$
*** Yale: shwěi-mǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeimuu
*** Palladius: шуйму (šujmu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ mou$^5$
*** Yale: séui móuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ mou$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ mou$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵ mou̯¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bú
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-bú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'buo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bu⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chúi-bó
*** Tâi-lô: tsuí-bó
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuy'boir
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /t͡sui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bo⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɤ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: sywijX muwX
Rime :
| Character | 水 | 母 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 式軌切 | 莫厚切 |
| Baxter | sywijX | muwX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕˠiuɪ$^X$/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕʷᵚi$^X$/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiuɪ$^X$/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕjwi$^X$/ | /məw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕjui$^X$/ | /mu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /məu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕwi$^X$/ | /mə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shuǐ | mǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^2$ | mau$^5$ |

### Noun

水母
* jellyfish (Classifier: 隻／只; 條／条)
       From: 太平御覽
       “Guǎngzhì” yuē: shuǐmǔ, rú yáng wèi, zài hǎizhōng cháng fú, wén rénshēng chén shuǐdǐ. Kě shēng qiè shí. [Pinyin]
       The Guangzhi says: "Jellyfish resemble the stomach of a goat, and constantly float in the ocean. When it hears the voice of people, it sinks to the bottom of the water. It can be sliced and eaten raw."

#### Synonyms

* 海蜇 (hǎizhé)
* (Cantonese) 白鮓／白鲊
* (Hokkien) 海䖳, 石鏡／石镜
* (Leizhou Min) 海母

#### Derived terms

* 僧帽水母 (sēngmào shuǐmǔ)
* 水母目蝦 / 水母目虾 (shuǐmǔ mù xiā)
* 海月水母 (hǎiyué shuǐmǔ)
* 海蛇水母

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 水(すい)母(ぼ) (suibo)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 母 |
| くらげ ||
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
| jukujikun ||
* Alternative spelling
* 海月
⟨kurage$_1$⟩ → */kuraᵑɡʲe/ → /kuraɡe/
From Old Japanese. The kanji is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くらげ [kùrágé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡe̞]

#### Noun

水母(くらげ) or 水母(クラゲ) • (kurage)
* a jellyfish, medusa

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クラゲ.

##### Derived terms

* 行(アン)灯(ドン)水母(クラゲ) (andon kurage)
* 瓜(ウリ)水母(クラゲ) (urikurage)
* 帯(オビ)水母(クラゲ) (obikurage)
* 銀(ギン)貨(カ)水母(クラゲ) (ginka kurage)
* 櫛(クシ)水母(クラゲ) (kushikurage)
* 象(ゾウ)水母(クラゲ) (zōkurage)
* 電(デン)気(キ)水母(クラゲ) (denki kurage)
* 鉢(ハチ)水母(クラゲ) (hachikurage)
* 花(ハナ)笠(ガサ)水母(クラゲ) (hanagasa kurage)
* 備(ビ)前(ゼン)水母(クラゲ) (Bizen kurage)
* 水(ミズ)水母(クラゲ) (mizukurage)

##### Idioms

* 水母(くらげ)の骨(ほね) (kurage no hone, “jellyfish bones → something exceedingly rare; something that one would not expect to exist”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 水 | 母 |
| すい Grade: 1 | ぼ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||
From Middle Chinese 水母 (MC sywijX muwX).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) すいぼ [súꜜìbò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [sɨibo̞]

#### Noun

水(すい)母(ぼ) • (suibo)
* a jellyfish

### References

* 1 2 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

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 水 | 母 |

### Noun

水母 • (sumo) (hangeul 수모)
* hanja form of 수모 (“jellyfish”)