甘蔗

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Chinese

sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.) sugar cane
trad. (甘蔗)
simp. #(甘蔗)
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Noun

甘蔗

  1. sugar cane (Classifier: m;  c)

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘蔗):

References

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しょ
Hyōgai
on'yomi kan'yōon

Possibly a shift from kansha below, utilizing the 慣用読み (kan’yōyomi, common-use reading) of the kanji (sho).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(しょ) (kansho

  1. (possibly obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: S
しゃ
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 甘蔗. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)(しゃ) (kansha

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of 砂糖黍 (satōkibi): sugar cane

References

  1. ^ 甘蔗”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. ^ 甘蔗”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN