闘魚
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 闘 | 魚 |
| とう Grade: S |
ぎょ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鬭魚 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 闘 (tō, “to fight”) + 魚 (gyo, “fish”).
Noun
[edit]- Betta, a genus of fish in the family gourami (Osphronemidae)
- Synonym: ベタ (beta)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 闘 read as とう
- Japanese terms spelled with 魚 read as ぎょ
- Japanese terms read with kan'on
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Labyrinth fish