石鹸

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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石鹸 (sekken): a bar of handmade soap.
Kanji in this term
せき > せっ
Grade: 1
けん
Hyōgai
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
石鹼 (kyūjitai)
石けん

Appears to be from Middle Chinese 石鹼 (MC dzyek keamX, literally “stone + lye; soap”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せっ)(けん) (sekken

  1. soap
Descendants
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  • Atayal: sekeng
  • Bunun: siking
  • Hakka: 石鹼石碱 (sa̍k-kién)
  • Korean: 석감 (石鹼, seokgam)
  • Kanakanabu: siking
  • Rukai: sikingi
  • Taroko: sekeng
  • Tsou: sekkeng
  • Yami: siken

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
さぼん
Grade: 1 Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
石鹼 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 石鹸 – see the following entry.
サボン
[noun] (uncommon) alternative form of シャボン (shabon): soap
(This term, 石鹸, is an alternative spelling (historical) of the above term.)

Usage notes

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This kanji spelling for this reading is historical. This reading is spelled in katakana as サボン in modern usage.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN