硇砂
Chinese edit
phonetic | sand; gravel; granule | ||
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simp. and trad. (硇砂) |
硇 | 砂 | |
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Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of Persian نشادر (nošâdor, nošâder, “sal ammoniac”); compare also Arabic نُشادِر (nušādir), نُوشادِر (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).
In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the 硇 (náo) as equivalent to 惱 (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” (硇亂) when ingested.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
硇砂
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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硇 | 砂 |
どう Hyōgaiji |
しゃ Grade: 6 |
kan’on | goon |
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磠砂 |