松茸

Chinese

		pine	confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (松茸)		松	茸
simp. #(松茸)		松	茸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōngróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sōngróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songrong
    • Tongyong Pinyin: songróng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

松茸

1. matsutake mushroom

Synonyms

• 松菌 (sōngjūn)
• 松蕈 (sōngxùn)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	茸
まつ Grade: 4	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 松 (matsu, “pine”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”), as it grows under trees (particularly, but not exclusively, pine trees).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáké] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) まつた​け [màtsútáꜜkè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨᵝta̠ke̞]

Noun

松(まつ)茸(たけ) • (matsutake) 

1. matsutake

Derived terms

• Japanese: 姫松茸
• English: matsutake, himematsutake