竹輪

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See also: 竹轮

Chinese

bamboo
wheel; gear; (by) turn
wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
 
trad. (竹輪)
simp. (竹轮)
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (ちく)() (chikuwa).

Pronunciation


Noun

竹輪

  1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake)

Synonyms

Japanese

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竹輪 (chikuwa): a piece of chikuwa showing the representative tube shape.
Kanji in this term
ちく
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of (chiku, bamboo) +‎ (wa, ring), from the resemblance to a piece of bamboo.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(ちく)() (chikuwa

  1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake), a particular way of preparing kamaboko

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN