椎茸

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Chinese

chinquapin confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (椎茸) 椎 茸
simp. #(椎茸) 椎 茸
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Pronunciation

Noun

椎茸

  1. shiitake

Synonyms

Japanese

 シイタケ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Shiitake on Wikipedia
椎茸 (shītake): a cluster of growing shiitake mushrooms.
Kanji in this term
椎 茸
しい
Grade: S 		たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 椎 (shī, “shii or chinquapin tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”), as the mushroom is typically found on logs from the shii or chinquapin tree.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1419.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

椎(しい)茸(たけ) or 椎茸(シイタケ) • (shītake) ←しひたけ (sifitake) or シヒタケ (sifitake)?

  1. shiitake, a type of edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
    Synonym: 香蕈 (kōtake)

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 シイタケ.

Descendants

  • → English: shiitake

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “椎茸”, in 日本国語大辞典‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “椎茸”, in デジタル大辞泉‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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