鮪 in Chinese / Japanese...

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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).

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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 little tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus (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
南鮪 see styles	minamimaguro; minamimaguro みなみまぐろ; ミナミマグロ	南鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
本鮪 see styles	honmaguro ほんまぐろ	本鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
磯鮪 see styles	isomaguro; isomaguro いそまぐろ; イソマグロ	磯鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)
葱鮪 see styles	negima ねぎま	葱鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) {food} one-pot meal of spring onions and tuna
鮪女 see styles	maguroonna まぐろおんな	(slang) (vulgar) dead lay; starfish; woman who is inactive during sexual intercourse
鮪子 see styles	yuuko / yuko ゆうこ	鮪子 Custom Scroll (female given name) Yūko
鮪川 see styles	shibikawa しびかわ	鮪川 Custom Scroll (place-name) Shibikawa
鮪根 see styles	magurone まぐろね	鮪根 Custom Scroll (place-name) Magurone
鮪浦 see styles	shibiura しびうら	鮪浦 Custom Scroll (place-name) Shibiura
鮪立 see styles	shibitachi しびたち	鮪立 Custom Scroll (place-name) Shibitachi
鮪魚鲔鱼 see styles	wěi yú wei3 yu2 wei yü	鮪魚 Custom Scroll (Tw) tuna
黒鮪 see styles	kuromaguro; kuromaguro くろまぐろ; クロマグロ	黒鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) (See 本マグロ・ほんマグロ) Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
上鮪立 see styles	kamishibitachi かみしびたち	上鮪立 Custom Scroll (place-name) Kamishibitachi
吏鮪楠 see styles	riina / rina りいな	吏鮪楠 Custom Scroll (female given name) Riina
梶木鮪 see styles	kajikimaguro かじきまぐろ	梶木鮪 Custom Scroll marlin
葱鮪鍋 see styles	negimanabe ねぎまなべ	葱鮪鍋 Custom Scroll (See 葱鮪) stew based on spring onions and tuna
鮪ノ岬 see styles	shibinomisaki しびのみさき	鮪ノ岬 Custom Scroll (personal name) Shibinomisaki
鮪包丁 see styles	magurobouchou / magurobocho まぐろぼうちょう	鮪包丁 Custom Scroll tuna knife
鮪山沢 see styles	shibiyamazawa しびやまざわ	鮪山沢 Custom Scroll (place-name) Shibiyamazawa
鮪釣り see styles	magurotsuri まぐろつり	鮪釣り Custom Scroll tuna fishing
鮪魚肚鲔鱼肚 see styles	wěi yú dù wei3 yu2 du4 wei yü tu	鮪魚肚 Custom Scroll (cuisine) tuna belly; (Tw) (fig.) (coll.) potbelly; paunch
黄肌鮪 see styles	kihadamaguro; kiwadamaguro; kihadamaguro; kiwadamaguro きはだまぐろ; きわだまぐろ; キハダマグロ; キワダマグロ	黄肌鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) (See 黄肌) yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
五里合鮪川 see styles	iriaishibikawa いりあいしびかわ	五里合鮪川 Custom Scroll (place-name) Iriaishibikawa
大西洋黒鮪 see styles	taiseiyoukuromaguro; taiseiyoukuromaguro / taiseyokuromaguro; taiseyokuromaguro たいせいようくろまぐろ; タイセイヨウクロマグロ	大西洋黒鮪 Custom Scroll (kana only) northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus); Atlantic bluefin tuna
Variations: マグロ女鮪女 see styles	maguroonna(maguro女); maguroonna(鮪女) マグロおんな(マグロ女); まぐろおんな(鮪女)	(slang) (vulgar) (See マグロ・3) dead lay; starfish; woman who is inactive during sexual intercourse
Variations: マグロ丼まぐろ丼鮪丼 see styles	magurodon まぐろどん	{food} (See 丼・2) tuna donburi; bowl of rice topped with tuna
Variations: 本マグロ本まぐろ本鮪 see styles	honmaguro(本maguro); honmaguro(本maguro, 本鮪); honmaguro ほんマグロ(本マグロ); ほんまぐろ(本まぐろ, 本鮪); ホンマグロ	(kana only) (See 黒鮪) Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, 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.