硇砂

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Chinese

phonetic sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad.
(硇砂)
alternative forms

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Persian نشادر (nošâdor, nošâder, sal ammoniac); compare also Arabic نُشادِر (nušādir), نُوشادِر (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the (náo) as equivalent to (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” () when ingested.

Pronunciation


Noun

硇砂

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) sal ammoniac

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Hyōgai
しゃ
Grade: 6
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
磠砂

Pronunciation

Noun

(どう)(しゃ) (dōshaだうしや (dausya)?

  1. (archaic) ammonium chloride
    Synonym: 塩化アンモニウム (enka anmoniumu)

References

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