鯥

鯥 (Kangxi radical 195, 魚+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓火土金土 (NFGCG), four-corner 2431₄, composition ⿰魚坴)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1473, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46249
• Dae Jaweon: page 2005, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4694, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9BE5

鯥

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A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”), combining the fish radical 魚 with 陸 (mutsu, “six”) or 睦 (mutsu-, “in good relations”) to represent むつ (mutsu, “gnomefish”).

(Hyōgai kanji)

• Go-on: ろく (roku)
• Kan-on: りく (riku)
• Kun: むつ (mutsu, 鯥)

 

 ムツ on Japanese Wikipedia

 

• (Tokyo) むつ [múꜜtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟t͡sɨ]

鯥(むつ) or 鯥(ムツ) • (mutsu) 

1. gnomefish, Scombrops boops

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).