冬子

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
どん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
冬菇
冬茸
冬蓀
冬藊
ドンコ

Etymology

Probably cognate with Mandarin 冬菇 (dōnggū, winter mushroom). The final appears to be ateji for , as the latter is not used very much in Japanese.

Pronunciation

Noun

(どん)() (donko

  1. a type of shiitake mushroom grown during the winter

Usage notes

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN