椎茸

Chinese

		chinquapin	confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (椎茸)		椎	茸
simp. #(椎茸)		椎	茸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuīróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuīróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhueiróng
    • Wade–Giles: chui¹-jung²
    • Yale: jwēi-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jueirong
    • Palladius: чжуйжун (čžujžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

椎茸

1. shiitake

Synonyms

• 香菇 (xiānggū)
• 香蕈 (xiāngxùn)

Japanese

椎茸 (shītake): a cluster of growing shiitake mushrooms.

Kanji in this term
椎	茸
しい Grade: S	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 椎 (shī, “shii or chinquapin tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”), as the mushroom is typically found on logs from the shii or chinquapin tree.

First cited to 1419.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​いたけ [shíꜜìtàkè] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiːta̠ke̞]

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Noun

椎(しい)茸(たけ) or 椎茸(シイタケ) • (shītake) ^{←しひたけ (sifitake) or シヒタケ (sifitake)?}

1. [from 1419] shiitake, a type of edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

   Synonym: 香蕈 (kōtake)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シイタケ.

Descendants

• → English: shiitake