Chinese

Noun

植物

1. plant; vegetation; flora   (Classifier: 棵 m; 樖 c)

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) しょく​ぶつ [shòkúꜜbùtsù] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kɯᵝbɯᵝt͡sɯᵝ]

Noun

植物 ‎(hiragana しょくぶつ, romaji shokubutsu, alternative reading うえもの, romaji uemono, historical hiragana うゑもの)

1. plant; vegetation

Antonyms

• 動物 ‎(dōbutsu, “animal”)

Usage notes

The Chinese-derived reading shokubutsu is more common.

References

1. ↑ 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

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198601972

Korean

Noun

植物 • ‎(singmul) ‎(hangeul 식물)

1. Hanja form^? of 식물, “plants, vegetation”.

Vietnamese

Noun

植物

1. Hán tự form of thực vật, “plants, vegetation”