Chinese

Noun

餡餅 (classifiers 塊／块 (kuài), 張／张 (zhāng))

1. traditional Chinese meat pie
2. any kind of pie or pasty

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

餡餅 (anmochi): a pair of daifuku, a kind of anmochi.

Compound of 餡 ‎(an, “sweet azuki bean paste”) +‎ 餅 ‎(mochi, “mochi, pounded sweet-rice dough”).^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) あ​んもち [áꜜǹmòchì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[2]
• (Tokyo) あんもち [àńmóchí] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo) あんも​ち [àńmóꜜchì] (Nakadaka - [3])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ã̠mmo̞t͡ɕi]

Alternative forms

あん餅

Noun

餡餅 ‎(hiragana あんもち, romaji anmochi)

1. anmochi: mochi (a dough made from pounded sweet rice) stuffed with anko (sweet red bean paste)

Synonyms

• 大福 (だいふく), 大福餅 (だいふく もち)

Etymology 2

A baby-talk contraction of anmochi above.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• IPA^(key): [ã̠mmo̞]

Noun

餡餅 ‎(hiragana あんも, romaji anmo)

1. (childish) anmochi: mochi (a dough made from pounded sweet rice) stuffed with anko (sweet red bean paste)

References

1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 4 5 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9