松明

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Chinese

pine
 
clear; bright; to understand
clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
trad. (松明) 松 明
simp. #(松明) 松 明

Pronunciation

Noun

松明

  1. pine torch

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (松明):
  • → Japanese: 松明(しょうめい) (shōmei)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
松 明
たいまつ
Grade: 4 Grade: 2
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
炬
炬火

/takimat͡su/ → /taĩmat͡su/ → /taimat͡su/

Shift by イ音便 (i onbin, “i sound shift”) from takimatsu, itself from 焚き (taki, “burning”, stem or continuative form of verb 焚く (taku), "to burn") +‎ 松 (matsu, “pine tree”). Compare the development of 続松 (tsugimatsu → tsuimatsu) of the same meaning.

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 松明 (sōngmíng).

Pronunciation

Noun

松明(たいまつ) • (taimatsu) 

  1. a torch (stick with flame at one end)
    Synonyms: 打ち松 (uchimatsu), 炬火 (kyoka, koka), 炬燭 (kyoshoku), 松火 (shōka), 松炬 (shōkyo), 続松 (tsuimatsu), トーチ (tōchi), 松 (matsu)
Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

松明(たいまつ) • (Taimatsu) 

  1. a placename

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
松 明
しょう
Grade: 4 		めい
Grade: 2
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 松明 (MC zjowng mjaeng). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

松(しょう)明(めい) • (shōmei) 

  1. a torch (stick with flame at one end)
  2. the flame of an oil lamp

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
松 明
まつ
Grade: 4 		めい
Grade: 2
yutōyomi

Proper noun

松(まつ)明(めい) • (Matsumei) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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