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酸漿
酸漿
See also: 酸浆
Chinese
sour; sore; ache; acid
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starch paste; broth; serum; to starch
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| trad. (酸漿) | 酸 | 漿 | |
| simp. (酸浆) | 酸 | 浆 | |
Noun
酸漿
Japanese
酸漿 (hōzuki): the Chinese lantern plant, showing the fruit in its distinctive husk.
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| 酸 | 漿 |
| Grade: 5 | Hyōgaiji |
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Etymology
Probably originally a compound of 頬 (hō, “cheeks”) + 付き (tsuki, “resembling, appearing like”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 付く tsuku “to stick → to become a certain state or quality”), from the way the husk vaguely resembles bulging red cheeks. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
The 酸漿 kanji spelling is from the Chinese term. The 鬼灯 kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun, literally meaning “demon's lantern”.
Pronunciation
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Noun
酸漿 (hiragana ほおずき, katakana ホオズキ, romaji hōzuki, historical hiragana ほおづき)
- Physalis alkekengi
- Vernacular names include the Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, bladder cherry, winter cherry, husk tomato, and the strawberry groundcherry.
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ホオズキ.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan