阿片

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Chinese

phonetic
trad. (阿片) 阿 片
simp. #(阿片) 阿 片

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), probably via English opium.

Pronunciation

Noun

阿片

  1. opium

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
阿 片
あ
Jinmeiyō 		へん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
鴉片
あへん
アヘン
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 阿片 (āpiàn), probably via English opium.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

阿(あ)片(へん) or 阿片(アヘン) • (ahen) 

  1. opium
    Synonym: オピウム (opiumu)
    • 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)十五幕(まく)　「逃(とう)走(そう)麗(れい)女(じょ)」 [Act 15: “Escaped Beauty”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], kanzenban edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 134:
      阿(ア)片(ヘン)です　誤(あやま)って大(たい)量(りょう)の阿(ア)片(ヘン)を一度(ど)に吸(す)って…
      しかし妙(みょう)でござるな　阿(ア)片(ヘン)といえばかなり高(こう)価(か)な薬(くすり)　一(いっ)般(ぱん)人(じん)がそんな大(たい)量(りょう)に買(か)い込(こ)める代(しろ)物(もの)ではないはずだが…
      Ahen desu Ayamatte tairyō no ahen o ichido ni sutte…
      Shikashi myō de gozaru na Ahen to ieba kanari kōka na kusuri Ippanjin ga sonna tairyō ni kaikomeru shiromono de wa nai hazu da ga…
      Opium. He accidentally overdosed on opium…
      It’s curious, still. Opium is quite expensive. It’s not something ordinary people can just buy in high doses…

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References

  1. ^ “阿片”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
    〈英〉opiumの中国の音訳から
    From the Chinese transliteration of (Engl.) opium
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿片

Noun

阿片 • (apyeon) (hangeul 아편)

  1. hanja form? of 아편 (“opium”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
阿片

Noun

阿片

  1. chữ Hán form of a phiến (“opium”).
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