鬱金
See also: 欝金 and 郁金
Chinese
dense (growth); melancholy | metal; gold; money | ||
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trad. (鬱金) | 鬱 | 金 | |
simp. (郁金) | 郁 | 金 |
Pronunciation
Noun
鬱金
- zedoary, the root of Curcuma zedoaria (used as an herb in traditional Chinese medicine)
Derived terms
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Descendants
Sino-Xenic (鬱金):
- → Japanese: 鬱金 (ukon); 鬱金 (ukkon)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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鬱 | 金 |
Grade: S | こん Grade: 1 |
irregular | goon |
/uk̚koɴ/ → /ukoɴ/
Shift from ukkon below.
Pronunciation
- (Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) うこん [ùkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkõ̞ɴ]
Noun
鬱金 • (ukon)
- the turmeric, Curcuma longa
- Synonyms: 黄染草 (kizomegusa), ターメリック (tāmerikku)
- Hypernym: 生姜 (shōga)
- a dye extracted from the rhizome of the turmeric
- Short for 鬱金色 (ukon-iro): saffron yellow
- Short for 鬱金桜 (ukonzakura): a 里桜 (satozakura) cultivar, Prunus lannesiana
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウコン.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 鬱金色 (ukon-iro)
- 鬱金空木 (ukon utsugi)
- 鬱金粉 (ukon-ko)
- 鬱金香 (ukonkō)
- 鬱金桜 (ukonzakura)
- 鬱金染め (ukonzome)
- 鬱金花 (ukonbana)
- 鬱金文庫 (ukon bunko)
- 鬱金木綿 (ukon momen)
- 葛鬱金 (kuzu-ukon)
- 蕃鬱金 (ban ukon)
- 紅鬱金 (beni ukon)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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鬱 | 金 |
うち > うっ Grade: S | こん Grade: 1 |
goon |
/utɨ komʉ/ → /uk̚komʉ/ → /uk̚koɴ/
From Middle Chinese 鬱金 (MC ʔɨut̚ kˠiɪm).
Noun
鬱金 • (ukkon)
- (archaic) the turmeric, Curcuma longa
- Short for 鬱金色 (ukkon-iro): saffron yellow
- Short for 鬱金香 (ukkonkō): a tulip
Derived terms
- 鬱金香 (ukkonkō, “tulip”)
- 鬱金草樹 (ukkonsōju, “tulip tree”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN