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Note: 5ciu-zaq - often instead code-switched into Standard Mandarin, and many may not know the intended reading of the term. Alternatives include 6jiu-zaq, 5ciu-gniaq, 5ciu-loq, 5ciu-lau, et cetera.
Probably from Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak). The plant is not native to the Japanese archipelago, and was imported from China.
First cited to the 本草和名(Honsō Wamyō) of circa 918 CE with the reading konyaku.[1] The geminate reading konnyaku is first cited to a text from 1336.[1]
