See also:
U+82FA, 苺
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82FA

[U+82F9]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+82FB]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿田卜戈 (TWYI), four-corner 44507, composition )

  1. berries

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30824
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+82FA

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“moss; berry”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. strawberry

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
いちご
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
 
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⟨i ti pi1ko1/itibʲikʷo/ → */itimiko/ → */itĩɡo//it͡siɡo//it͡ɕiɡo/

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Shift from Old Japanese 蓬蔂 (itibiko → ichibiko), attested earlier in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) and the Shinsen Jikyō (c. 900 CE), itself a compound of (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) +‎ (chi, blood) +‎ (hiko, boy, prince). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(いちご) or (イチゴ) (ichigo

  1. a strawberry (plant of genus Fragaria, or its fruit)
    Synonym: ストロベリー (sutoroberī)
    Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)
Usage notes edit

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イチゴ.

Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

(いちご) (Ichigo

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
いっご
Jinmeiyō
Alternative spelling

Noun edit

(いっご) (iggo

  1. (Kagoshima) strawberry

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun 딸기 (ttalgi mae))

  1. strawberry

Kunigami edit

Alternative forms edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Noun edit

(いちょび) (ichobi

  1. (Kin) strawberry

References edit

Oki-No-Erabu edit

Alternative forms edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Noun edit

(いちゅび) (ichubi

  1. strawberry

References edit

Okinawan edit

Alternative forms edit

Kanji edit

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˀit͡ɕubi/, /ʔit͡ɕubiː/

Noun edit

Kanji in this term
いちゅびー
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
いちゅび
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

(いちゅび) or (いちゅびー) (ichubi or ichubī

  1. strawberry

References edit