雲丹

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雲 丹
う
Grade: 2		 に
Grade: S
irregular kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
雲 丹
うん
Grade: 2		 たん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms
  • ウニ — more often used except in restaurants; always used in science
  • 海胆 — also often used

Pronunciation

    Noun

    雲(う)丹(に) • (uni)  (alternative reading hiragana うんたん, rōmaji untan)

    1. the food made from the roe of sea urchin, hurcheon

    Usage notes

    When written in kanji, this form is used to indicate the food made from the roe of the sea animal, and the other kanji forms refer to the animal itself, rather like the distinction between the words cow and beef in English. As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウニ.

    References
    1. 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
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