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無花果
無花果
See also: 无花果
Chinese
-less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-
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flower; blossom; to spend (money, time); fancy pattern
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fruit; result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (無花果) | 無 | 花 | 果 | |
| simp. (无花果) | 无 | 花 | 果 | |
| Literally: “flowerless fruit”. | ||||
Noun
無花果
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 無 | 花 | 果 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 4 |
| Irregular | ||
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Noun
無花果 (hiragana いちじく, katakana イチジク, romaji ichijiku)
Synonyms
- 映日果 (eijitsuka)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 無 | 花 | 果 |
|
む Grade: 4 |
か Grade: 1 |
か Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | ||
From Middle Chinese 無花果 (mɨo hˠua kuɑX).
Pronunciation
Noun
無花果 (hiragana むかか, romaji mukaka, historical hiragana むくわくわ)
References
- 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
- ↑ 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