蜜柑

Chinese

		honey	large tangerine
simp. and trad. (蜜柑)		蜜	柑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìgān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ gam¹
• Min Nan (POJ): bi̍t-kam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mìgān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihgan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìgan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ kän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: maht gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-kam
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-kam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidkafm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻²² kam³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² kam⁴⁴/

Noun

蜜柑

1. mandarin orange
2. tangerine

Synonyms

• 柑子 (gānzi)
• 橘子 (júzi)
• 甌柑／瓯柑 (ōugān)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜜	柑
みつ > みっ Grade: S	かん Jinmeiyō
goon

Probably from Middle Chinese 蜜柑 (MC miɪt̚ kɑm, literally “honey + citrus”). Compare modern Mandarin reading mìgān.

Obsolete reading.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [mʲik̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

蜜柑(みっかん) • (mikkan)

1. (obsolete) a satsuma, a mikan: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
2. (obsolete) citrus fruit in general

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜜	柑
みつ > み Grade: S	かん Jinmeiyō
Irregular	goon

/mikkan/ → /mikan/

Shift in pronunciation from mikkan above. This change occurred sometime after the 1603 publication of the Japanese-Portuguese Nippo Jisho, which still lists the reading as mikkan.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) み​かん [míꜜkàǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [mʲikã̠ɴ]

Noun

蜜柑(みかん) • (mikan)

1. a satsuma, a mikan: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
2. citrus fruit in general

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ミカン.

See also

• オレンジ (orenji): an orange (specifically Citrus sinensis)