蓴菜

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蓴菜 – see 蒓菜. (This term is the simplified form of 蒓菜).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓴	菜
じゅん Hyōgai	さい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
純菜 順才

Etymology

Derived from Middle Chinese 蓴菜 (MC dzywin tshojH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じゅんさい [jùńsáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨ̃ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

蓴(じゅん)菜(さい) or 蓴菜(ジュンサイ) • (junsai) ^{←じゆんさい (zyunsai)?}

1. water-shield, Brasenia schreberi

   Synonym: 蓴 (nunawa)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• 花蓴菜(はなじゅんさい) (hanajunsai)

References

• “^▲蓴菜”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
蓴	菜

Noun

蓴菜 • (sunchae) (hangeul 순채)

1. hanja form^? of 순채 (“water shield”)