山査子
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 山 | 査 | 子 |
| さん Grade: 1 |
さ > ざ Grade: 5 |
し Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | ||
Etymology
Appears to be from Middle Chinese 山查子 (srɛn dʒa tsiX, literally “mountain + hawthorn + child, little thing”). The plant itself is native to China.
The modern standard form in Chinese is 山楂 (shānzhā); compare modern Mandarin reading shānzhā, Cantonese saan1 zaa1.
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
- a hawthorn
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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 サンザシ.
Of the two kanji spellings, 山査子 appears to be more common.
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as さん
- Japanese terms spelled with 査 read as さ
- Japanese terms spelled with 子 read as し
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms borrowed from Middle Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
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- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with fifth grade kanji
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