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椰子

椰子

Chinese

 
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
simp. and trad.
(椰子)
alt. forms 椰仔

Noun

椰子

  1. coconut

See also

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (椰子):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 椰子 (jia t͡sɨX).

Pronunciation

Noun

椰子 (hiragana やし, katakana ヤシ, romaji yashi)

  1. the coconut palm, or more generally, any palm tree

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts, as ヤシ.

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term

Proper noun

椰子 (Yaja) (hangeul 야자)

  1. Hanja form? of 야자, “coconut”.