甲烏賊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甲	烏	賊
こう Grade: S	いか Jinmeiyō	Grade: S
Irregular

Etymology

From 甲 (kō, “shell”) +‎ 烏賊 (ika, “squid”). 烏賊 is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) こーいか [kóꜜòìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːika̠]

Noun

甲烏賊 (hiragana こういか, katakana コウイカ, rōmaji kōika, historical hiragana かふいか, historical katakana カフイカ)

a cuttlefish

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