赤蕪

赤蕪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	蕪
あか Grade: 1	かぶ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
赤カブ 赤かぶ

赤蕪, red turnips

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あかかぶ [àkákábú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ka̠bɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

赤(あか)蕪(かぶ) • (akakabu) 

1. red turnip (any of several varieties of turnip (Brassica rapa) that are red or purple in color)
2. radish

   Synonym: 二十日大根 (hatsuka daikon)

3. beet, beetroot

   Synonyms: ビーツ (bītsu), 火焔菜 (kaensai)

Usage notes

Varieties of red turnip include 日野菜 (hinona) from Shiga prefecture, 片平あかね (katahira akane) from Nara prefecture, and 伊予緋カブ (iyo hi kabu) from Ehime, among others.

Relatively small, red radishes called 赤蕪 are distinguished from large, white 大根(だいこん) (daikon).

See also

• 蕪(かぶ) (kabu, “turnip”)
• 赤カブ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

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
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN