玉蜀黍

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Chinese

jade sorghum
trad. (玉蜀黍) 蜀黍
simp. #(玉蜀黍) 蜀黍

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 玉蜀黍

  1. corn; maize

Synonyms


Japanese

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玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): a botanical illustration of the maize or corn plant.
Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Hyōgai Hyōgai
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Etymology

/taumorokoɕi//tɔːmorokoɕi//toːmorokoɕi/

Originally a compound of (, Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign) +‎ 蜀黍 or 唐黍 (morokoshi, sorghum),[1] from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinese,[1] and appears to be a compound of (, jade, jewel) + 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ, sorghum, literally Shu millet). Compare modern (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

玉蜀黍(とうもろこし) or 玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshiたうもろこし (taumorokosi)?

  1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
Usage notes

For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN