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

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

  1. berries

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Definitions

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. strawberry

Readings

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  • Go-on: まい (mai) (me)
  • Kan-on: ばい (bai)
  • Kun: いちご (ichigo, )

Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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(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
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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
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Proper noun

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(いちご) (Ichigo

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
いっご
Jinmeiyō
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Noun

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(いっご) (iggo

  1. (Kagoshima) strawberry

Further reading

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 딸기 (ttalgi mae))

  1. strawberry

Kunigami

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Noun

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(いちょび) (ichobi

  1. (Kin) strawberry

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Okinawan

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˀit͡ɕubi/, /ʔit͡ɕubiː/

Noun

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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

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Okinoerabu

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Alternative forms

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Noun

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(いちゅび) (ichubi

  1. strawberry

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