辛夷

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Chinese

8th heavenly stem; tired
safe; to raze; to exterminate
safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
 
simp. and trad.
(辛夷) 		辛 夷

Pronunciation

Noun

辛夷

  1. Lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)
  2. flower bud of lily magnolia
  3. Kobushi magnolia (Magnolia kobus)

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辛 夷
こぶし
Grade: S Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
拳
 コブシ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Magnolia kobus on Wikipedia
こぶし (kobushi): the kobushi magnolia.

Originally a shortening of the older name, 拳椒 (kobushi hajikami, literally “fist pepper, fist ginger”), where the kobushi was in reference to the resemblance of an unopened bud to a child's fist,[1] and the hajikami was probably in reference to the pungency of the seeds when bitten,[2] or to the pungent odor of the plant when injured.

First referenced in a text from roughly 1165.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

辛夷(こぶし) or 辛夷(コブシ) • (kobushi) 

  1. the Kobushi magnolia, Magnolia kobus
    Synonyms: 拳椒 (kobushi hajikami), 山蘭 (yama araragi), 木筆 (mokuhitsu)
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コブシ.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辛 夷
しん
Grade: S 		い
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Chinese 辛夷 (xīnyí)

Noun

辛(しん)夷(い) • (shin'i) 

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) buds of various species of magnolia used in medicine
See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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