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鮪 is the Chinese and Japanese character for tuna.
In Chinese, this is usually used to mean the “little tunny” (Euthynnus alletteratus), the most common tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. However, it can refer to any fish of the Thunnus genus.
In Japanese, it can refer to the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your tuna search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鮪 鲔 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei maguro まぐろ |
More info & calligraphy: Tuna(1) (kana only) tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; (2) (kana only) Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); (3) (まぐろ, マグロ only) (slang) (vulgar) (kana only) dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse; (4) (まぐろ, マグロ only) (slang) (vulgar) (kana only) someone unconscious due to alcohol; (personal name) Maguro |
とろ see styles |
doro ドロ |
fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly); (surname) De Rotz; Dollo |
めじ see styles |
meji めじ |
young tuna (esp. northern bluefin tuna under 1 meter) |
カストロ see styles |
kasutoro カストロ |
More info & calligraphy: Castro |
鰹 鲣 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien katsuo かつお |
bonito (kana only) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish; (surname) Katsuo |
ツナ see styles |
tsuna ツナ |
{food} tuna (esp. canned); (female given name) Tsuna |
南鮪 see styles |
minamimaguro; minamimaguro みなみまぐろ; ミナミマグロ |
(kana only) southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii) |
吞拿 see styles |
tūn ná tun1 na2 t`un na tun na |
tuna (loanword) |
堅魚 see styles |
katsuo かつお |
(kana only) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish |
敲き see styles |
tataki たたき |
(1) seared skipjack tuna; (2) (slang) robbery; extortion; (3) hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor |
本鮪 see styles |
honmaguro ほんまぐろ |
(kana only) Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis) |
松魚 see styles |
shougyo / shogyo しょうぎょ |
(kana only) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish; (given name) Shougyo |
目撥 see styles |
mebachi; mebachi めばち; メバチ |
bigeye tuna (edible fish, Thunnus obesus) |
磯鮪 see styles |
isomaguro; isomaguro いそまぐろ; イソマグロ |
(kana only) dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor) |
葱鮪 see styles |
negima ねぎま |
(kana only) {food} one-pot meal of spring onions and tuna |
血合 see styles |
chiai ちあい |
meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine |
角煮 see styles |
kakuni かくに |
{food} stew of cubed meat or fish (esp. pork belly or tuna) |
赤身 see styles |
chì shēn chi4 shen1 ch`ih shen chih shen akami あかみ |
naked (noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 白身・2) red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) (See 白太) heartwood |
酒盗 see styles |
shutou / shuto しゅとう |
{food} dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture) |
鉄火 see styles |
tekka てっか |
(1) red-hot iron; (2) swords and guns; (3) gunfire; (n,adj-no,adj-na) (4) (See 鉄火肌) termagancy; violent temper; (5) (abbreviation) (See 鉄火打ち) gambler; (6) (See 鉄火丼,鉄火巻き) red flesh of lean tuna; (personal name) Tekka |
青肉 see styles |
aoniku あおにく |
(1) green flesh (melon, etc.); (2) green meat (e.g. discolored tuna meat) |
鮪魚 鲔鱼 see styles |
wěi yú wei3 yu2 wei yü |
(Tw) tuna |
黄肌 see styles |
kihada; kiwada; kihada; kiwada きはだ; きわだ; キハダ; キワダ |
(kana only) yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
黒身 see styles |
kuromi くろみ |
(See 血合い) meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine |
黒鮪 see styles |
kuromaguro; kuromaguro くろまぐろ; クロマグロ |
(kana only) (See 本マグロ・ほんマグロ) Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) |
カツオ see styles |
katsuo カツオ |
(kana only) skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish |
キハダ see styles |
kihada キハダ |
(kana only) yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares); (kana only) Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) |
キワダ see styles |
kiwada キワダ |
(kana only) yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) |
ツナ缶 see styles |
tsunakan ツナかん |
tinned tuna; canned tuna |
ヨコワ see styles |
yokowa ヨコワ |
(ksb:) young Pacific bluefin tuna (young Thunnus orientalis) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Tuna | 鮪 鲔 | maguro | wěi / wei3 / wei | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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