昆布

昆布

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kūnbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwan¹ bou³
• Min Nan (POJ): khun-pò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kūnbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄣ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kunbù
    • Wade–Giles: kʻun¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: kwūn-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuenbuh
    • Palladius: куньбу (kunʹbu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰwən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwan¹ bou³
    • Yale: kwān bou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwan¹ bou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuen¹ bou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɐn⁵⁵ pou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khun-pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: khun-pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunpox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰun⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kuən  puo^H/

Rime
Character	昆	布
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	魂 (55)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古渾切	愽故切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuən/	/puoH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuon/	/puoH/
Shao Rongfen	/kuən/	/poH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwən/	/pɔH/
Li Rong	/kuən/	/poH/
Wang Li	/kuən/	/puH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuən/	/puoH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gūn	bù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan1	bou3

Etymology 1

		phonetic	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (昆布)		昆	布
simp. #(昆布)		昆	布
alternative forms		綸布／纶布

From earlier 綸布 (OC *kruːn paːs, “green ribbon + cloth”), due to the resemblance in appearance (Erya).

Noun

昆布

1. (often in traditional Chinese medicine) seaweed; kelp; laminara; ecklonia

Synonyms

• 海帶／海带 (hǎidài)
• 海藻 (hǎizǎo)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (昆布)		昆	布
simp. #(昆布)		昆	布

Proper noun

昆布

1. Khumbu (a region of Nepal)

Synonyms

• 坤布

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昆	布
こん Grade: S	ふ > ぶ Grade: 5
on’yomi

昆(こん)布(ぶ) • (konbu) : kombu.

Etymology

First cited to a record in the Shoku Nihongi, written 715 CE.[1]

Theories include:

• From Middle Chinese 昆布 (MC kuən puo^H, “seaweed, kelp”).
• From Ainu,[1][2][3] possibly via Ainu コムブ (kombu, “a brown seaweed, Laminaria[4]”),[3][5] which may also be borrowed from Middle Chinese 昆布 (MC kuən puo^H, “seaweed, kelp”).

Additionally, see the Wikipedia article about kombu for etymology details.

Cognates among the Ryukyuan languages include Kunigami 昆布 (kubū), Okinawan 昆布 (kūbu), Southern Amami-Oshima 昆布 (kubu), Miyako 昆布 (kubu), and Yaeyama 昆布 (kubu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​んぶ [kóꜜǹbù] (Atamadaka – [1])[6]
• IPA^(key): [kõ̞mbɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

昆(こん)布(ぶ) • (konbu) 

1. kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara

   昆布(こんぶ)の熨斗(のし)

   konbu no noshi

   kombu noshi

See also

• 広布 (hirome)
• えびすめ (ebisume)

References

1. “昆布”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “昆布”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. コンブ／昆布／こんぶ - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
4. John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 236
5. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
6. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN