蜜柑

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ChineseEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìgān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄢ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mìgān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄍㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihgan
    • IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ ka̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ gam¹
    • Yale: maht gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ gam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² kɐm⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-kam
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-kam
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidkafm
    • IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² kam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kam⁴⁴/

NounEdit

蜜柑

1. mandarin orange
2. tangerine

SynonymsEdit

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

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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

• On'yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [mik̚kã̠ɴ]

NounEdit

蜜柑 ‎(hiragana みっかん, romaji mikkan)

1. (obsolete) a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
2. (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, which still lists the reading as mikkan.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

蜜柑 ‎(hiragana みかん, katakana ミカン, romaji mikan)

1. a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
2. citrus fruit in general

Usage notesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

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

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