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Translingual
Han character
蒜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿一火火 (TMFF), four-corner 44991, composition ⿱艹祘)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1048, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31562
- Dae Jaweon: page 1510, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3259, character 13
- Unihan data for U+849C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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蒜
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*sloːns
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祘
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*sloːns
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Duplication of 柰 (*naːds) or 祟 (*sqʰluds) (Guo, 2010b; Su, 2012).
See also 祘.
Etymology
Matisoff considers this to be derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swa-n (“garlic”), but more likely this may be a plant imported from the Western Regions in the Qin–Han era. The relatively late attestation and the earlier form of 卵蒜 (luǎnsuàn) attest to the latter theory.
Compare Sanskrit लशुन (laśuna), Pali lasuṇa, lasuna. The Old Chinese reconstruction was revised to a *-or rhyme in the Baxter–Sagart system, akin to its homophone 算 (“to calculate”). Hence compare Persian سیر (sir, “garlic”), Khotanese sārmā- (“the plant Basella cordifolia or B. lucida or B. rubra”), Hungarian sárma (“Ornithogalum sp.”), as well as Turkish sarımsak, Mongolian саримс (sarims).
Either way this word is cognate with the second syllable of Burmese ကြက်သွန် (krakswan, “onion”), ကြက်သွန်ဖြူ (krakswanhpru, “garlic”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): suàn (suan4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄢˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): suan4
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): suān
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): suān
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): суан (suan, III)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syun3
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): soen3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhon4
- Gan (Wiktionary): son4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): son
- (Meixian, Guangdong): son4
- Jin (Wiktionary): suan3
- Northern Min (KCR): so̤̿ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): sáung
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): soàn / sǹg
- (Teochew, Peng'im): seng3
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): sung3
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): slun3
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5soe
- Xiang
- (Changsha, Wiktionary): sonn4
- (Loudi, Wiktionary): suenn4
Note:
- soàn - literary;
- sǹg - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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蒜
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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suàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ swanH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁor-s/
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English
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garlic
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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蒜
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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12133
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Phonetic component
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祘
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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筭
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Old Chinese
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/*sloːns/
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Definitions
蒜
- garlic
Synonyms
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
蒜
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 蒜 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 蒜, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 2
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *peru. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.
Pronunciation
- Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References:
Noun
蒜 • (hiru)
- (dated or dialectal) allium; garlic
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典 第二版 , Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
Kikai
Kanji
蒜
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蒜 (hiru).
Noun
蒜 (firu)
- garlic
References
- “ふぃる【蒜・葫】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
Korean
Hanja
蒜 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)
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Okinawan
Kanji
蒜
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as ひる.
Pronunciation
Noun
蒜 (firu)
- garlic
- んかしぇー ふぃるぬ かー んーち さきぢきっし ふぃるじゃき ちゅくたん。どぅー あんまさる ばすねー、ふぃるじゃき ぬだいっし うぬ みーん かなーち かみーねー たでーま はしっとぅ なたん どー。
- Nkashē firunu kā nnchi sakijikisshi firujaki chukutan. Dū anmasaru basunē, firujaki nudaisshi unu mīn kanāchi kamīnē tadēma hashittu natan dō.
- In the past, we made garlic sake by peeling off the skin of the garlic. When we don't feel happy, we'd drink the garlic sake and ate the contents of it, and we would feel good right away.
References
- ^ Nakamoto, Masayo (中本政世) (1896) 沖縄語典 , Hikone (彦根市): Eishōdō (永昌堂), →DOI, page 77
Yoron
Kanji
蒜
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蒜 (hiru).
Noun
蒜 (piru)
- garlic
References
- “ぴる【蒜・葫】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.