人参

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 人参. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 人参, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 人参 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 人参 you have here. The definition of the word 人参 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of人参, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 人參

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 人參.
(This term is the simplified form of 人參).
Notes:

Japanese

 人参 on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1
しん > じん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
人參 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 人參人参 (rénshēn, ginseng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(にん)(じん) or 人参(ニンジン) (ninjin (counter )

  1. a carrot (Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN