播種

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See also: 播种

Chinese

sow; scatter; spread
sow; scatter; spread; broadcast
 
to plant; to cultivate; kind
to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
 
trad. (播種)
simp. (播种)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation


Verb

播⫽種 (verb-object)

  1. (intransitive) to sow seeds
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Verb

播種

  1. (transitive) to grow by sowing seeds

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
しゅ
Grade: 4
on'yomi goon

Appears to be a learned borrowing from Chinese 播種 / 播种. Ultimately from Middle Chinese compound 播種 / 播种 (paH tsyowngX, literally to sow + seed) or 播種 / 播种 (paH tsyowngH, literally to sow + to sow). First cited in Japanese to 1872.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(しゅ) (hashu

  1. sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. (rare, medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Synonyms: 散在 (sanzai), 汎発 (hanpatsu)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, metastasis)
Derived terms

Verb

()(しゅ)する (hashu surusuru (stem ()(しゅ) (hashu shi), past ()(しゅ)した (hashu shita))

  1. (transitive) to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. (rare, intransitive, medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Synonyms: 散在 (sanzai), 汎発 (hanpatsu)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, metastasize)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
はん
Jinmeiyō
しゅ
Grade: 4
kan'yōon goon

Variation of hashu reading, using the kan'yōon of han for the first character. First cited to 1879.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

(はん)(しゅ) (hanshu

  1. (rare) sowing, the spreading of seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. (medicine) dissemination (the spreading out of cells within the body, particularly cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, metastasis)

Verb

(はん)(しゅ)する (hanshu surusuru (stem (はん)(しゅ) (hanshu shi), past (はん)(しゅ)した (hanshu shita))

  1. (rare, transitive) to sow, to spread seed on the ground for growing a crop
    Synonym: 種蒔き (tanemaki)
  2. (intransitive, medicine) to disseminate (to spread out within the body, particularly for cells of an invasive disease or of cancer)
    Hyponym: 転移 (ten'i, metastasize)
Usage notes
  • Although some dictionaries[1][5][6] list this separate reading with a distinct sense, other dictionaries[2][7][3][4] do not list any hanshu reading, and if they include the medical dissemination sense, they do so under the hanshu reading.[1]
  • The Microsoft IME for Japanese only recognizes the hashu reading for this kanji compound.
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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 播種”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  5. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  6. ^ http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/149124/m3u/%E6%92%AD%E7%A8%AE/
  7. ^ 播種”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months