南瓜

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Chinese[edit]

south
 
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
trad. (南瓜)
simp. #(南瓜)
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南瓜

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Noun[edit]

南瓜

  1. pumpkin; winter squash (plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)

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Sino-Xenic (南瓜):
  • Korean: 남과(南瓜) (namgwa)

Others:

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
かぼちゃ
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
カボチャ
 南瓜 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese Camboja (Cambodia).[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜 (nánguā). Doublet of カンボジア.

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Noun[edit]

南瓜(かぼちゃ) or 南瓜(カボチャ) (kabocha

  1. pumpkin; squash

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

南瓜 (namgwa) (hangeul 남과)

  1. Hanja form? of 남과 (pumpkin).