千年鯛

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	年	鯛
せん Grade: 1	ねん Grade: 1	たい > だい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi	goon	kun'yomi

Etymology

千年(せんねん) (sennen, “a thousand years”) + 鯛(たい) (tai, “sea bream, snapper”). The tai changes to dai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞nːẽ̞nda̠i]

Noun

千(せん)年(ねん)鯛(だい) or 千年鯛(センネンダイ) • (sennendai) 

1. emperor red snapper, Lutjanus sebae

Usage notes

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