梔子

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See also: 栀子

Chinese[edit]

gardenia
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (梔子)
simp. (栀子)
alternative forms 支子
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Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (23) (13)
Final () (11) (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter tsye tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕiᴇ/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕiɛ/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕjɛ/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ciə̆/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕie/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕǐe/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕie̯/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhī
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
zi1 zi2

Noun[edit]

梔子

  1. Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
    1. fruit of the Cape jasmine

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
くちなし
Hyōgaiji Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
巵子
山梔子
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Etymology[edit]

Possibly an extension of 口無し (kuchinashi, literally without a mouth), from the absence of the fruit's cleaves even when ripe.[1]

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梔子栀子 (zhīzi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

梔子(くちなし) or 梔子(クチナシ) (kuchinashi

  1. the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides
    Synonyms: 山梔子 (sanshishi), (quite uncommon) 薝蔔 (senpuku)
    Hypernym: (akane)
  2. (colloquial) Short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back

Usage notes[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Makino, Tomitarô (1940). An Illustrated Flora of Nippon, with the Cultivated and Naturalized Plants.: i–xx, 1–1070, pls. I–IX, i–cxliii. Makino Botanical Garden
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN