𩸽

Glyph origin
, combining the radical for with the character for.

Etymology


. Various possibilities. Considering that the fish is native to the waters off northern Japan where the Ainu were once prevalent, an Ainu derivation seems most likely.
 * According to legend, the first Japanese person to catch this fish was Buddhist monk Nichiji in the late 1290s, and he named it hokke after the.
 * May be a shortening of, the original Ainu name of 椴法華村 (Todohokke Mura, “Todohokke Village”), a village on the coast of Hokkaido where legend tells that Nichiji first caught this fish.
 * May be a borrowing from, possibly from the way that the fish sometimes appears to be lying on the bottom.

Noun

 * 1) a type of fish:, common names  and

Usage notes
This kanji appears to have been coined in Japan (kokuji). It is also extremely rare even in Japanese. The alternative kanji spellings are also rare.

This is also the most common spelling in general contexts.