杢魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杢	魚
もく Hyōgai	ぎょ Grade: 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 杢魚 – see the following entry.

【木魚もくぎょ】 [noun] (Buddhism) wooden fish: [noun] a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties [noun] a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras [noun] (colloquial) katsuobushi [noun] (slang) an impregnated married woman

(This term, 杢魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)