羊羹

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Chinese

Etymology 1

caprid soup
trad. (羊羹)
simp. #(羊羹)

Pronunciation


Noun

羊羹

  1. lamb soup; lamb broth
Synonyms

Etymology 2

caprid soup
trad. (羊羹)
simp. #(羊羹)
alternative forms 洋羹

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 羊羹(ようかん) (yōkan), in turn from Chinese.

Pronunciation


Noun

羊羹

  1. yokan
Synonyms

Etymology 3

caprid soup
trad. (羊羹)
simp. #(羊羹)
alternative forms 洋羹

From Japanese 羊羹(ようかん) (yōkan), in turn from Chinese.

Pronunciation


Noun

羊羹

  1. yokan
Synonyms

References

Japanese

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羊羹 (yōkan)
Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 3
かん
Hyōgai
kan'on tōon

Etymology

/yaukan//yɔːkan//yoːkan/

Originally from Middle Chinese compound 羊羹 (yang kæng, literally sheep + soup, broth). The gelatin meaning arose from the way that sheep meat or other parts would be boiled down to produce gelatin.

Pronunciation

Noun

(よう)(かん) (yōkanやうかん (yaukan)?

  1. (obsolete) a gelatin made from boiled sheep and used in soups
  2. yokan, a thick jellied dessert made of adzuki (red bean paste), agar, and sugar
    • 1603, Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho) (in Portuguese), Nagasaki, page 823:
      Yôcan. ヤゥカン (羊羹) 豆に粗糖をまぜて,こねたもので作った食物.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Cantonese: 羊羹 (joeng4 gang1)
  • English: yokan, youkan
  • Hakka: 羊羹 (yòng-kâng, yô-kháng)
  • Korean: 양갱(羊羹) (yanggaeng), 요캉 (yokang)
  • Mandarin: 羊羹 (yánggēng)
  • Min Nan: 羊羹 (iő-káng, io-kàng)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN