刺身
Chinese
thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder |
body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (刺身) | 刺 | 身 | |
| simp. #(刺身) | 刺 | 身 | |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 刺身 (“sashimi”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 刺身, 生魚片, 沙西米, 撒西米 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 生魚片 |
| Singapore | 生魚片 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 魚生 |
| Hong Kong | 魚生, 刺身 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 魚生 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 魚生 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 魚生, 沙西米 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 魚生, 沙西米 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 魚生, 沙西米 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 魚生, 沙西米 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 魚生, 沙西米 | |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 沙西米 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 魚生 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 生魚片, 生鮮米 |
Japanese
刺身 (sashimi)
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 刺 | 身 |
| さ(し) Grade: S |
み Grade: 3 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 刺し身 |
Etymology
Compound of 刺し (sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 刺す sasu, “to stick into”) + 身 (mi, “flesh, meat”).[1][2] The use of the verb 刺す (sasu) here to mean slice is irregular, and might be due to the kill connotations of the verb 切る (kiru, “to cut, to slice”) during the Muromachi period when this word sashimi first appears.
The term 刺身 (sashimi) is more common in eastern Japan, correlating with 作身 (tsukurimi) in western Japan.
Synonyms
- 作身 (tsukurimi) (western Japan)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 刺身包丁 (sashimibōchō): a sashimi knife
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 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
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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