木耳

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Chinese

tree; wood ear
trad. (木耳)
simp. #(木耳)

Pronunciation


Noun

木耳

  1. wood ear; tree ear; black fungus (Auricularia nigricans, syn. Auricularia polytricha) (Classifier: m)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
きくらげ
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jukujikun
 キクラゲ on Japanese Wikipedia
木耳。

Etymology

Compound of () (ki, tree) + 水母(くらげ) (kurage, jellyfish). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), either from the fungus's shape or from Chinese.

Pronunciation

Noun

木耳(きくらげ) or 木耳(キクラゲ) (kikurage

  1. wood ear, jelly ear, Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula-judae)

Usage notes

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

木耳 (mogi) (hangeul 목이)

  1. hanja form? of 목이 (Jew's-ear mushroom)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

木耳

  1. chữ Hán form of mộc nhĩ (wood ear fungus).