Meaning of 人魚(にんぎょ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 人魚

Kana Reading にんぎょ

Romaji ningyo

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

mermaid; merman

Examples of 人魚, にんぎょ in a sentence

俺は小学校の時見たんだ、人魚。でもそんなメルヘンチックな話じゃなくて。

I saw one, a mermaid, when I was a primary schooler. But it wasn't that sort of fairy-tale atmosphere of a story.
伝説では、彼女は人魚だったと言われる。

The legend says that she was a mermaid.

Related Kanji

魚 JLPT 5

11 strokes

fish

On'Yomi: ギョ

Kun'Yomi: うお, さかな, -ざかな

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人 JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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