苺

See also: 莓

Translingual

Han character

苺 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿田卜戈 (TWYI), four-corner 4450₇, composition ⿱艹母)

1. berries

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30824
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 2
• Unihan data for U+82FA

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
脢	*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 苺 – see 莓 (“moss; berry”). (This character is a variant form of 莓).

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Japanese

Kanji

苺

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. strawberry

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai); め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: いちご (ichigo, 苺)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
苺
いちご Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

• 莓

Etymology 1

⟨i ti pi₁ko₁⟩ → /itibʲikʷo/ → */itimiko/ → */itĩɡo/ → /it͡siɡo/ → /it͡ɕiɡo/

First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).

Shift from Old Japanese 蓬蔂 (itibiko → ichibiko), attested earlier in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) and the Shinsen Jikyō (c. 900 CE), itself a compound of 斎 (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) +‎ 血 (chi, “blood”) +‎ 彦 (hiko, “boy, prince”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): [ɨzɨŋo̞], [ɨzɨᵑɡo̞]

Noun

苺(いちご) or 苺(イチゴ) • (ichigo) 

1. a strawberry (plant of genus Fragaria, or its fruit)

   Synonym: ストロベリー (sutoroberī)

   Hypernym: 薔薇 (bara)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 苺(いちご)色(いろ) (ichigo-iro)
• 苺(いちご)ジャム (ichigo jamu, “strawberry jam”)
• 苺(いちご)舌(じた) (ichigojita)
• 苺(いちご)状果(じょうか) (ichigo jōka)
• 苺(いちご)大福(だいふく) (ichigo daifuku)
• 苺(イチゴ)繋(ツナギ) (ichigotsunagi)
• いちご煮(に) (ichigo-ni)
• 石垣(いしがき)苺(いちご) (Ishigaki ichigo)
• オランダ苺(イチゴ) (Oranda ichigo)
• 梶(カジ)苺(イチゴ), 構(カジ)苺(イチゴ) (kaji ichigo)
• 木(キ)苺(イチゴ) (kīchigo)
• 草(クサ)苺(イチゴ) (kusa ichigo)
• 蛇(クチナワ)苺(イチゴ) (kuchinawa ichigo)
• 熊(クマ)苺(イチゴ) (kuma ichigo)
• 桑(くわ)苺(いちご) (kuwa ichigo)
• 徳利(トックリ)苺(イチゴ) (tokkuri ichigo)
• 毒(ドク)苺(イチゴ) (doku ichigo)
• 苗代(ナワシロ)苺(イチゴ) (nawashiro ichigo)
• 苦(ニガ)苺(イチゴ) (niga ichigo)
• 野(ノ)苺(イチゴ) (noichigo)
• 薔薇(バラ)苺(イチゴ) (bara ichigo)
• 冬(フユ)苺(イチゴ) (fuyuichigo)
• 蛇(ヘビ)苺(イチゴ) (hebi ichigo), 蛇(ヘミ)苺(イチゴ) (hemi ichigo)
• 紅花(ベニバナ)苺(イチゴ) (benibana ichigo)
• 紅葉(モミジ)苺(イチゴ) (momiji ichigo)
• 柳(ヤナギ)苺(イチゴ) (yanagi ichigo)
• 藪(ヤブ)苺(イチゴ) (yabuichigo)
• 早生(ワセ)苺(イチゴ) (wase ichigo)

Proper noun

苺(いちご) • (Ichigo) 

1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Noun

苺(いっご) • (iggo) 

1. (Kagoshima) strawberry

Further reading

• “いっご【苺・莓】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Korean

Hanja

苺 (eumhun 딸기 매 (ttalgi mae))

1. strawberry

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Kunigami

Kanji

苺

Alternative forms

• 莓

Noun

苺 (hiragana いちょび, rōmaji ichobi)

1. (Kin) strawberry

References

• “いちょび【苺・莓】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Oki-No-Erabu

Kanji

苺

Alternative forms

• 莓

Noun

苺 (hiragana いちゅび, rōmaji ichubi)

1. strawberry

References

• “いちゅび【苺・莓】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

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Okinawan

Kanji

苺

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

• Kun: いちゅび (ichubi, 苺); いちゅびー (ichubī, 苺)

Alternative forms

• 莓

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˀit͡ɕubi/, /ʔit͡ɕubiː/

Noun

Kanji in this term
苺
いちゅびー Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
苺
いちゅび Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

苺(いちゅび) or 苺(いちゅびー) (ichubi or ichubī) 

1. strawberry

References

• “いちゅび【苺・莓】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.