根魚

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

根魚 (hiragana ねうお, rōmaji neuo, historical hiragana ねうを)

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral
  2. alternative for 鮎並 (ainame): a greenling (kind of fish)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
根 魚
ね
Grade: 3		 さかな > ざかな
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 根 (ne, “root”) +‎ 魚 (sakana, “fish”).[1][2] The sakana changes to zakana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

根魚 (hiragana ねざかな, rōmaji nezakana)

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

The neuo reading appears to be more common.

References

  1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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