魚

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/魚
 * 𠽐, 𡐚, 𡠵, 𢐗, 𢠐, 𢳶, 漁, 𣊘, 龽, 䐳, 䁩, 𣩕, 𮃣, 䗨, 𨢭, 𠓈, 𨫷, 𩥭
 * 𫑨, 穌, 䔡, 𪽟, 𩅔, 𢊧, 𤹿, 𫊣, 𢖍, 𨶢, 𪗏, 𭍯, 㱎

Related characters

 * 鱼
 * 𩵋

Glyph origin
– a fish.

Etymology
From. Cognate with.

Definitions

 * 1) fish
 * 2) fish
 * 3)   the sixth day of a month

Etymology 1
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Cognate with, itself a compound of -derived elements 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * 1) a fish, especially when used as food
 * 2) a side dish, specifically referring to fish
 * 1) a side dish, specifically referring to fish
 * 1) a side dish, specifically referring to fish
 * 1) a side dish, specifically referring to fish
 * 1) a side dish, specifically referring to fish
 * 1) a side dish, specifically referring to fish

Usage notes

 * This is now the most common general word for in modern standard Japanese.

Etymology 2
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→

From.

Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) a fish

Etymology 3
→ →

Alteration of older uo, appearing from roughly the Heian period. Alternatively this might be the usage of an apophonic form *iwo; compare 🇨🇬.

Still used today in some dialects.

Noun

 * 1)  a fish

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) a fish
 * 2)  fish scales

Affix

 * 1) fish
 * 2) fishlike

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
→ →

Shift from iu below.

Pronunciation

 * ゆ ( - [1])

Noun

 * 1) a fish

Etymology 2
From, from , apophonic form of. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Compare modern dialectal mainland 🇨🇬, first appearing in print and becoming common from the Heian period, but likely extant earlier.

Noun

 * 1) a fish

Noun

 * 1) a fish

Etymology 2
Cognate with,  by extension that can refer to any kind of meat.

Noun

 * 1) a fish, especially when used as food
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Noun

 * 1) fish

Noun

 * 1) fish