柊黐
Japanese
editKanji in this term | |
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柊 | 黐 |
ひいらぎ Jinmeiyō |
もち Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
editCompound of 柊 (hiiragi, “holly osmanthus”) + 黐 (mochi, short for 黐の木 (mochi no ki), “Ilex integra, mochi tree”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit柊黐 or 柊黐 • (hiiragi mochi) ←ひひらぎもち (fifiragimoti) or ヒヒラギモチ (fifiragimoti)?
- Synonym of 西洋柊 (seiyō hiiragi): Ilex aquifolium, English or European holly
Usage notes
editAs with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒイラギモチ.
References
edit- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 柊 read as ひいらぎ
- Japanese terms spelled with 黐 read as もち
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Hollies