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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
盆栽
- to pot (a plant)
Noun
盆栽
- potted plant
- bonsai (a miniaturized tree or plant)
Synonyms
- 樹仔／树仔 (Cantonese)
- 樹仔頭／树仔头 (syu6 zai2 tau4) (Cantonese)
- 盆景 (pénjǐng)
Descendants
Japanese
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 盆栽 (pénzāi) as a kind of calque of the older Japanese term 鉢植え (hachiue, “potted plant”, literally “pot + planting”), based on the synonymous meanings of the individual kanji: 盆 (bon) can refer to a pot, while 栽 (sai) can refer to a plant.
First cited to a collection of 漢詩 (kanshi, “Chinese-style poetry”) from 1832.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
盆栽 • (bonsai)
- a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing: a bonsai, a dwarf tree
Descendants
References
- ^ “盆栽”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
盆栽 • (bunjae) (hangeul 분재)
- hanja form? of 분재 (“a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing; a bonsai, a dwarf tree”)
Vietnamese
Noun
盆栽
- chữ Hán form of bồn tài (“a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing; a bonsai, a dwarf tree”).