Word Meaning 木魚

もくぎょ mokugyo

木魚 is read as もくぎょ (mokugyo) and means fish gong.

Meaning

English

fish gong
fish wood block
temple block
round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras

Reading

Kana

もくぎょ

Romaji

mokugyo

Writing Variants

杢魚もくぎょ mokugyo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 142799 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

木登魚

きのぼりうお

climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)

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

木に縁りて魚を求む

きによりてうおをもとむ

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

木曜

もくよう

Thursday

木場

きば

lumberyard

木曜日

もくようび

Thursday

木工

もっこう

carpenter

木立

こだち

cluster of trees

木地

きじ

grain (of wood)

木目

もくめ

grain (of wood)

魚

うお

fish

金魚

きんぎょ

goldfish (Carassius auratus)

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木魚達磨 Mokugyo Daruma