芥子

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Chinese

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Brassica juncea
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (芥子)
simp. #(芥子)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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芥子

  1. mustard seeds
  2. (Buddhism) tiny thing

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (芥子):

(from Early Mandarin)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
からし
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
辛子
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From classical adjective 辛し (karashi), modern 辛い (karai, spicy).[1][2]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 芥子 (jièzǐ).

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Noun

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芥子(からし) (karashi

  1. Synonym of 芥子菜 (karashina): the Indian mustard, Brassica juncea [from early 10th c.]
  2. a spice made from the kneaded seeds of the Indian mustard [from mid-8th c.]
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
かい
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
kan'on
Kanji in this term
かい > がい
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
irregular kan'on

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

In 漢方 (kanpō, traditional Chinese medicine), the initial kai is voiced.[2]

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Noun

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(かい)() or (がい)() (kaishi or gaishi

  1. (especially in traditional Chinese medicine) the seed of the Indian mustard, Brassica juncea
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
goon
Alternative spelling
罌粟
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Ultimately from Middle Chinese 芥子 (MC keajH tsiX). First cited in Japanese in the early 800s in reference to the tiny seeds of the mustard or poppy plants.[3]

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Noun

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()() or 芥子(ケシ) (keshi

  1. [from early 800s] (prefixed to nouns) something tiny
  2. [from 940] (archaic) Synonym of 芥子菜 (karashina): the Indian mustard, Brassica juncea
  3. [from 1400s] the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum; more broadly, any other species of the Papaver genus; a poppy
    Synonym: ポピー (popī)
  4. [from 1800s] Short for 芥子玉 (keshidama): a dyeing pattern with lined rows of dots
  5. [date uncertain] an armor decoration in the form of studs resembling poppy seeds
  6. [from 1785] Short for 芥子坊主 (keshi bōzu): an infant hairstyle with only the hair in the top of the head unshaven, resembling the hull remains of a poppy fruit
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Proper noun

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()() (Keshi

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 芥子・罌粟”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN