無花果

無花果

See also: 无花果

Chinese

		not have	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	fruit; result
trad. (無花果)		無	花	果
simp. (无花果)		无	花	果
Literally: “flowerless fruit”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): wúhuāguǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): вухуагуә (vuhuaguə, I-I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-fâ-kó
• Min Dong (BUC): ù-huă-guō
• Min Nan (POJ): bû-hoa-kó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wúhuāguǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄍㄨㄛˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhuaguuo
    • IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: вухуагуә (vuhuaguə, I-I-II)
    • IPA ^(key): /vʊ²⁴ xua²⁴ kuɤ⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
    • Yale: mòuh fā gwó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fa¹ guo²
    • IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fäː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-fâ-kó
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ fa´ go`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vu² fa¹ go³
    • IPA: /vu¹¹ fa²⁴ ko³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-huă-guō
    • IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uo³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hoa-kó
    • Tâi-lô: bû-hua-kó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bu'hoa'koir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² hua³³ ko⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

Noun

無花果

1. fig

Synonyms

• 映日果 (yìngrìguǒ)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	花	果
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	か > く Grade: 4
Irregular		on’yomi

The kanji spelling 無 (“no”) + 花 (“flower”) + 果 (“fruit”) is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), to denote a tree that bears fruit without flowering. The いちじく (ichijiku) reading is possibly a Japanese corruption of Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋ^H ȵiɪt̚ kuɑ^X, “fig”), which is a transcription of Persian انجیر‎ (anjir, “fig”) + 果 (kuɑ^X).

Alternative forms

• 映日果
• 一熟

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) いち​じく [ìchíꜜjìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

無花果 (hiragana いちじく, katakana イチジク, rōmaji ichijiku, historical hiragana いちぢく)

1. fig

Synonyms

• 映日果 (えいじつか) (eijitsuka)
• 無 (む)花 (か)果 (か) (mukaka)

Derived terms

• 無花果果 (いちじくか) (ichijikuka, “syconium”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	花	果
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 1	か Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 無花果 (mɨo hˠua kuɑ^X).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) むか​か [mùkáꜜkà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ka̠]

Noun

無花果 (hiragana むかか, rōmaji mukaka, historical hiragana むくわくわ)

1. fig

See also

• Appendix:Gikun Usage in Meiji Version of Japanese Bible/無花果樹

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
無	花	果

Noun

無花果 • (muhwagwa) (hangeul 무화과)

1. Hanja form^? of 무화과 (“fig”).