木瓜

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Chinese

tree; wood
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (木瓜)
simp. #(木瓜)
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Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (28)
Final () (3) (99)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () I II
Fanqie
Baxter muwk kwae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muk̚/ /kˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/muk̚/ /kʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/muk̚/ /kua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/məwk̚/ /kwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/muk̚/ /kua/
Wang
Li
/muk̚/ /kwa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muk̚/ /kwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
muk6 gwaa1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
guā
Middle
Chinese
‹ muwk › ‹ kwæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*C.mˁok/ /*kʷˁra/
English tree, wood melon, gourd

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 9327 4340
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*moːɡ/ /*kʷraː/

Noun

木瓜(1)
木瓜 (2)

木瓜

  1. Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis) or plants in the genus Chaenomeles
    1. Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
  2. papaya (Carica papaya)
  3. (figurative) one who is slow in understanding or reacting
    愛情木瓜爱情木瓜  ―  àiqíng mùguā  ―  A Fool In Love

Synonyms

  • (Chinese quince): 榠楂 (míngzhā)
  • (papaya):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (木瓜):

Others:

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぼけ
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
ぼく > ぼっ
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

木瓜(ぼけ) or 木瓜(ボケ) (boke (alternative reading hiragana もけ, rōmaji moke) (alternative reading hiragana ぼっか, rōmaji bokka, historical hiragana ぼくくわ)

  1. Chaenomeles speciosa

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
もく > もっ
Grade: 1

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(もっ)() (mokkaもくくわ (mokukwa)?

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of Chaenomeles speciosa or Pseudocydonia sinensis
  2. papaya

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
きゅうり
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

木瓜(きゅうり) or 木瓜(キュウリ) (kyūri

  1. Alternative form of 胡瓜

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
もっこう
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

木瓜(もっこう) (mokkōもくかう (mokukau)? (alternative reading hiragana もこう, rōmaji mokō, historical hiragana もかう)

  1. Synonym of バイカアマチャ, 梅花甘茶 (Platycrater arguta)
  2. Short for 木瓜紋.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

木瓜

  1. chữ Hán form of mộc qua (quince).