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Chinese
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
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bean; sacrificial vessel
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simp. and trad. (小豆)
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小
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豆
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Pronunciation
Noun
小豆
- Alternative name for 赤小豆 (chìxiǎodòu, “rice bean (Vigna umbellata)”).
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology 1
⟨aduki1⟩ → /adukʲi/ → /ad͡ʑuki/ → /aʑuki/
From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown.
The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. The characters literally mean “small bean”.
Appears to be identical to Ainu antuki (“azuki bean”), which may be a borrowing. However, the direction of borrowing is uncertain.
Pronunciation
Noun
小豆 or 小豆 • (azuki) ←あづき (aduki) or アヅキ (aduki)?
- the azuki bean, Vigna angularis
- Hypernym: 豆 (mame)
Derived terms
Proverbs
Descendants
Proper noun
小豆 • (Azuki) ←あづき (Aduki)?
- a female given name
Etymology 2
/seu du/ → /ɕeud͡ʑu/ → /soːʑu/
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Middle Chinese?”)
Pronunciation
Noun
小豆 • (shōzu) ←せうづ (seudu)?
- the azuki bean, Vigna angularis
Derived terms
Proper noun
小豆 • (Shōzu) ←せうづ (Seudu)?
- a placename, especially in Kagawa Prefecture
- a surname
See also
References
Korean
Noun
小豆 • (sodu) (hangeul 소두)
- hanja form? of 소두 (“azuki bean”)
Old Japanese
Etymology
*/antuki/ → ⟨aduki1⟩
Derivation unknown. Appears to be identical to Ainu antuki (“azuki bean”), which may be a borrowing. However, the direction of borrowing is uncertain.
The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. The characters literally mean “small bean”.
Noun
小豆 (aduki1) (kana あづき)
- the azuki bean, Vigna angularis
720, Nihon Shoki, poem 40:阿波旎辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭阿豆枳辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭予呂辭枳辭摩之魔儾伽多佐例阿羅智之吉備那流伊慕塢阿比瀰莵流慕能- Apadi-sima iya putanarabi1 Aduki1-sima iya putanarabi1 yo2ro2siki1 simasima ta ka tasarearatisi Ki1bi2 naru imo wo api1mi1turu mono2
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Also used as a 借訓 (shakkun), as in the adjective あづきなし (aduki1nasi, “dull, wearisome”).
Descendants