海苔

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Chinese

ocean; sea moss; coating (of tongue)
trad. (海苔)
simp. #(海苔)
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori)

Pronunciation


Noun

海苔

  1. nori (Pyropia yezoensis, especially in its dried and processed form)
  2. (Eastern Min) edible seaweed; sea vegetable

Synonyms

  • (nori): 紫菜 (zǐcài)
  • (edible seaweed): 海菜 (hǎicài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
のり
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
海苔 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology

From Old Japanese. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “A compound?”)

Pronunciation

Noun

海苔(のり) (nori

  1. general term for various species of seaweed that are dried and eaten
  2. nori, laver, dried seaweed

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: nori

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

海苔 (haetae) (hangeul 해태)

  1. hanja form? of 해태 (laver, dried seaweed, nori)