甘蔗

Chinese

sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) sugar cane
trad. (甘蔗)
simp. #(甘蔗)

Pronunciation


Noun

甘蔗

  1. sugar cane (Classifier: m;  c)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 倒吃甘蔗
  • 甘蔗園甘蔗园
  • 甘蔗板
  • 甘蔗汁 (gānzhèzhī)
  • 甘蔗無雙頭甜甘蔗无双头甜
  • 甘蔗粕
  • 甘蔗蟾蜍 (gānzhè chánchú)
  • 甘蔗顛子甘蔗颠子

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘蔗):

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しょ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi kan’yōon

Possibly a shift from kansha below, utilizing the 慣用読み (kan’yōyomi, common-use reading) of the kanji (sho).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしょ [káꜜǹshò] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞]

Noun

(かん)(しょ) • (kansho) 

  1. (possibly obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane
Derived terms
  • (かん)(しょ)(とう) (kanshotō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しゃ
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 甘蔗. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んしゃ [káꜜǹshà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

(かん)(しゃ) • (kansha) 

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

References

  1. 甘蔗”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. 甘蔗”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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