シナ

シナ

See also: しな

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 支那 (tsye na), a phonetic transcription of Sanskrit चीन (cīna), itself likely deriving from Old Chinese 秦 (*dzin), the name of the Qin Dynasty and the Qin state.

Alternative forms

• 支那

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕina̠]

Proper noun

シナ or しな • (Shina) 

1. Alternative spelling of 支那: China (prewar; often considered derogatory in modern speech)

Usage notes

The kanji spelling 支那 was more common historically, and is still encountered with some frequency when this word is used. However, this term as a whole is used less frequently than in the past, due in part to changes in geopolitics.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 東(ひがし)シナ海(かい) (Higashi Shina Kai): East China Sea
• シナ蕎麦(そば) (Shina soba): Chinese noodles, ramen
• シナ竹(ちく) (Shina chiku): menma (cooked bamboo sprout, a kind of ramen topping)

Etymology 2

シナ

From Latin cina, variously given as short for Artemisia cina ("Chinese artemisia"), or Semen cina ("Chinese seed")[1]. The kanji used are ateji.

Alternative forms

• 支奈

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕina̠]

Noun

シナ or しな • (shina) 

1. Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina: also known as santonica, Levant wormseed, and wormseed; an herbaceous perennial of the daisy family, historically used as a vermifugic anthelmintic (a drug to rid the body of parasitic worms)

Synonyms

• シナヨモギ (shina yomogi)
• セメンシナ (semen shina)

References

1. “The guiding symptoms of our materia medica, Volume 4”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, University of California, 1884, retrieved 2012-05-29