鱒
salmon trout
Readings
On'yomi
- ソン
- セン
- ザン
Kun'yomi
- ます
Meaning
鱒 centers on a specific fish: the salmon trout, a prized catch in Japanese rivers and cuisine.
Most common words using 鱒
- 鱒ます
trout; sea trout
- 虹鱒にじます
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- 北川姫鱒きたかわひめます
Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
- 国鱒くにます
Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae (rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon)
- 塩鱒しおます
salted mackerel
- 姫鱒ひめます
kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
- 小豆鱒あずきます
rock cod; black-saddled grouper
- 小鱒こます
baby trout; troutling
- 桜鱒さくらます
masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
- 樺太鱒からふとます
pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); humpback salmon
- 河鱒かわます
brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
- 海鱒うみます
sea trout; salmon trout
- 琵琶鱒びわます
biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon
- 皐月鱒さつきます
sea-run variety of red-spotted masu trout (subspecies of cherry salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae); red-spotted masu salmon
- 紅鱒べにます
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
- 雨鱒あめます
white-spotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis); Japanese char
- 養鱒場ようそんじょう
salmon and trout farm
- 鱒の介ますのすけ
chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); king salmon; tyee salmon; Columbia River salmon; black salmon; chub salmon; hook bill salmon; winter salmon; spring salmon; quinnat salmon; blackmouth
- 鱒茸ますたけ
sulphur shelf (Laetiporus sulphureus); chicken-of-the-woods
Study
Etymology
鱒 combines 魚 (fish) with 尊, which likely contributes the sound and may have originally referred to a type of fish. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 魚 means fish, and the right side 尊 looks like a noble or prized object. Picture a prized fish, the salmon trout, being presented on a platter.
Reading mnemonic
For ソン, imagine a son proudly catching a salmon trout: son -> ソン, and the fish is the prize of the day.