Word Meaning 木に縁りて魚を求む

きによりてうおをもとむ ki ni yoriteuo o motomu

木に縁りて魚を求む is read as きによりてうおをもとむ (ki ni yoriteuo o motomu) and means to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method.

Meaning

English

  1. to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method
  2. to ask for the impossible
  3. to look for fish by climbing a tree

Reading

Kana

きによりてうおをもとむ

Romaji

ki ni yoriteuo o motomu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 49 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 106157 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method

木登魚

きのぼりうお

climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)

木魚

もくぎょ

fish gong

求縁

きゅうえん

courtship

木刀

ぼくた

wooden sword

木の芽

きのめ

bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)

木陰

こかげ

shade of tree

木彫り

きぼり

wood carving

木彫

もくちょう

wood carving

木製

もくせい

wooden

木辺派

きべは

Kibe sect (of Shin Buddhism)

木製品

もくせいひん

wooden products