蜜柑
Contents
ChineseEdit
| honey | large tangerine | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蜜柑) |
蜜 | 柑 | |
PronunciationEdit
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄢ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihgan
- IPA (key): /mi⁵¹ ka̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mat6 gam1
- Yale: maht gām
- Cantonese Pinyin: mat9 gam1
- Guangdong Romanization: med6 gem1
- IPA (key): /mɐt̚² kɐm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
NounEdit
蜜柑
SynonymsEdit
JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜜 | 柑 |
| みつ > みっ Grade: S |
かん Jinmeiyō |
| on’yomi | |
Probably from Middle Chinese compound 蜜柑. Compare modern Mandarin reading mìgān.
Obsolete reading.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
蜜柑 (hiragana みっかん, rōmaji mikkan)
- (obsolete) a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
- (obsolete) citrus fruit in general
Etymology 2Edit
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蜜 | 柑 |
| Grade: S | Jinmeiyō |
| Irregular | |
/mikkan/ → /mikan/
Shift in pronunciation from mikkan above. This change occurred sometime after the 1603 publication of the Japanese-Portuguese Nippo Jisho[1], which still lists the reading as mikkan.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
蜜柑 (hiragana みかん, katakana ミカン, rōmaji mikan)
- a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
- citrus fruit in general
Usage notesEdit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ミカン.
See alsoEdit
- オレンジ (orenji): an orange (specifically Citrus sinensis)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 1603, 日葡辞書 (Nippo Jisho): Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (in Portuguese), Nagasaki: Society of Jesus
- ^ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3