鮪 |
まぐろ |
– Tuna - The fish hard to catch, to have (有 = to have) |
鯨 |
くじら |
– Whale – The "capital" fish (京 from 東京 = Tokyo, the eastern 東 capital 京) |
鰯 |
いわし |
– Sardine - The "weak" fish, easy to catch (弱い = weak) |
鮃 |
ひらめ |
– Turbot - The "flat" fish (平ら = flat) |
舌鮃 |
したびらめ |
– Sole - The "flat" fish, flat as a tongue? (舌 = the tongue or 下 = under) |
鰈 |
かれい |
– Dab – The fish which "fall" - towards the sand - like a leaf (葉 to be buried, hidden in the sand) |
鮹 |
たこ |
– Octopus – The fish whose tentacles drop along the body (肖 : 月 the body, ⺌ divided) |
鯣 |
するめ |
– Dried Cuttlefish - ....dried in the sun (易 = the sun and its reflections) |
鯖 |
さば |
– Mackerel – The "blue-green backed" fish (青い = blue-green) |
鮟 |
あんこう |
– Monkfish – The "quiet, peaceful" fish (peaceful 安, like a woman 女 under a roof 宀) |
鮭 |
さけ |
– Salmon - The fish climbing up the rivers inland (圭 = the earth 土 on the earth 土) |
鯉 |
こい |
– Carp – The fish raised in fields of villages (里 =the village : the earth 土 and the ricefield 田) |
鮎 |
あゆ |
– Troute – The fish of soothsaying (占う = to tell fortune) |
鯱 |
しゃち |
– Killer whale – Teh "tiger" fish (虎 = tiger) |
飛魚 |
とびうお |
– Exocet - The "flying" fish (飛ぶ = to fly) |
鱈 |
たら |
– Cod – The fish of snowy countries (雪 = the snow) |
鮑 |
あわび |
– Abalone – The Shell surrounded like a fetus (包 = a fetus wrapped in a womb) |
水母 |
くらげ |
- Jelly fish – The "mother of water" or "waters" ? (母 = the mother) |
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Jean-Claude MARTIN - Marine fish Book Fair - Concarneau - Konk-Kerne |