薄荷

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (薄荷)		薄	荷
simp. #(薄荷)		薄	荷

Etymology

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 薄荷

1. mint (Mentha plants, including peppermint)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薄荷):

• → Japanese: 薄(はっ)荷(か) (hakka)
• → Korean: 박하(薄荷) (bakha)
• → Vietnamese: bạc hà (薄荷)

Others:

• → Zhuang: bozhoz

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄	荷
はく > はっ Grade: S	か Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷.

Noun

1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 日(ニ)本(ホン)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Nihon hakka)
• 西(セイ)洋(ヨウ)薄(ハッ)荷(カ) (Seiyō hakka)
• 薄荷精(はっかせい) (hakkasei)
• 薄荷糖(はっかとう) (hakkatō)
• 薄荷脳(はっかのう) (hakkanō)
• 薄荷(はっか)パイプ (hakkapaipu)
• 薄荷油(はっかゆ) (hakkayu)
• 花薄荷(はなはっか) (hanahakka)
• 山薄荷(やまはっか) (yamahakka)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

1. hanja form^? of 박하 (“mint”)

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Okinawan

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか..

Noun

薄荷 (hiragana ふぁっか, romaji fakka, hiragana はっか, romaji hakka)

1. mint

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
薄	荷

Noun

薄荷

1. chữ Hán form of bạc hà (“mint”).