南瓜

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Chinese

south
melon; claw; gourd
melon; claw; gourd; squash
 
trad. (南瓜)
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Noun

南瓜

  1. pumpkin; winter squash (plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)
  2. (Yudu Hakka) loofah

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (南瓜):
  • Korean: 남과(南瓜) (namgwa)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かぼちゃ
Grade: 2 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
カボチャ
 南瓜 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Portuguese Camboja (Cambodia).[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 南瓜 (nánguā). Doublet of カンボジア.

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Noun

南瓜(かぼちゃ) or 南瓜(カボチャ) (kabocha

  1. pumpkin; squash

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

南瓜 (namgwa) (hangeul 남과)

  1. hanja form? of 남과 (pumpkin)