Chinese

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ocean; sea moss; coating (of tongue)
trad. (海苔)
simp. #(海苔)
 
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Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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海苔

  1. nori (Pyropia yezoensis, especially in its dried and processed form)
  2. (Eastern Min) edible seaweed; sea vegetable

Synonyms

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  • (nori): 紫菜 (zǐcài)
  • (edible seaweed): 海菜 (hǎicài)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
のり
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
海苔 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “A compound?”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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海苔(のり) (nori

  1. laver, dried seaweed, nori

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: nori

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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海苔 (haetae) (hangeul 해태)

  1. Hanja form? of 해태 (laver, dried seaweed, nori).