Chinese

Noun

大福

1. great blessing
2. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi stuffed with red bean paste

Japanese

大福 (daifuku)

Etymology

From 大腹餅 ‎(だいふくもち, daifuku mochi, “big stomach mochi (“very filling mochi”)”), by replacing 腹 ‎(ふく, fuku, “stomach”) by homophone 福 ‎(ふく, fuku, “luck”).

Previously 腹太餅 ‎(はらぶともち, harabuto mochi (“very filling mochi”), “stomach fat mochi”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) だいふく​ [dàífúkúꜜ] (Odaka - [4])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɸɯᵝkɯᵝ]

Noun

大福 ‎(hiragana だいふく, romaji daifuku)

1. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with 餡子 ‎(あんこ, anko, “red bean paste”).

References

1. ↑
2. ↑ 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