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接骨木

接骨木

Chinese

to set a bone tree; wood
simp. and trad.
(接骨木) 		接骨 木

Noun

接骨木

  1. elderberry

Derived terms

  • 西洋接骨木 (xīyángjiēgǔmù, “black elder”)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
接 骨 木
Grade: 5 Grade: 6 Grade: 1
Irregular

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) にわとこ [nìwátókó] (Heiban - [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [niɰᵝa̠to̞ko̞]

Alternative forms

Noun

接骨木 ‎(hiragana にわとこ, katakana ニワトコ, romaji niwatoko, historical hiragana にはとこ)

  1. Sambucus sieboldiana
    1911, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Nikkō Shōhin:
    対岸には接骨木めいた樹がすがれかかった黄葉を低れて力なさそうに水にうつむいた。
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ニワトコ.

Derived terms
  • 西洋接骨木 (せいようにわとこ) ‎(seiyōniwatoko, “black elder”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
接 骨 木
せつ > せっ
Grade: 5 		こつ
Grade: 6 		ぼく
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 接骨木 ‎(tsjep kwot muwk, literally “bonesetting + tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

接骨木 ‎(hiragana せっこつぼく, romaji sekkotsuboku)

  1. Sambucus sieboldiana

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  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

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