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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
銀杏
( ~樹 ) ginkgo ( Ginkgo biloba , tree)
ginkgo nut
Synonyms
( tree ) : 白果 (báiguǒ ), 公孫樹 / 公孙树 (gōngsūnshù )
Dialectal synonyms of
銀杏 (“ginkgo nut”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
白果 , 銀杏
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
白果兒 , 白果
Harbin
白果兒
Singapore
白果
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
白果
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
白果兒
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
銀杏 , 白果
Xi'an
銀杏
Xining
銀杏
Xuzhou
白果 , 銀杏
Lanyin Mandarin
Lanzhou
銀杏 , 白果
Ürümqi
白果
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
白果 , 銀杏
Wuhan
白果
Guiyang
白果
Guilin
白果
Liuzhou
白果
Pematangsiantar
白果
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
白果
Yangzhou
白果子
Nantong
白果兒
Cantonese
Guangzhou
白果
Hong Kong
白果
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
白果
Macau
白果
Guangzhou (Panyu)
白果
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
白果
Guangzhou (Conghua)
白果
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
白果
Foshan
白果
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
白果
Foshan (Shunde)
白果
Foshan (Sanshui)
白果
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
白果
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
白果
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
白果
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
白果
Zhuhai (Doumen)
白果
Jiangmen (Baisha)
白果
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
白果
Taishan
白果
Kaiping (Chikan)
白果
Enping (Niujiang)
白果
Heshan (Yayao)
白果
Dongguan
白果
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
白果
Qingyuan
白果
Fogang
白果
Yingde (Hanguang)
白果
Yangshan
白果
Lianshan (Butian)
白果
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
白果
Shaoguan
白果
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
白果
Renhua
白果
Lechang
白果
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
白果
Sihui
白果
Guangning
白果
Deqing
白果
Huaiji
白果
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
白果
Yunfu
白果
Xinxing
白果
Luoding
白果
Yunan (Pingtai)
白果
Lianjiang
白果
Nanning
白果
Nanning (Tanka)
白果
Wuzhou
白果
Yulin
白果
Hepu (Lianzhou)
白果
Singapore (Guangfu)
白果
Gan
Nanchang
白果
Lichuan
白果
Pingxiang
白果
Hakka
Meixian
白果
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
白果
Dongguan (Qingxi)
白果
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
白果
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
白果
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
白果
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
白果
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
白果
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
白果
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
白果
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
白果
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
白果
Luchuan (Daqiao)
白果
Huizhou
Jixi
白果
Jin
Taiyuan
銀杏 , 白果
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
白果
Fuqing
白果
Southern Min
Xiamen
白果
Zhangzhou
白果 , 白果仔
Singapore (Hokkien)
白果
Manila (Hokkien)
白果
Pingnan (Shangdu)
白果
Jieyang
白果
Leizhou
白果
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
白果
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
銀杏 , 白果
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
白果
Wu
Shanghai
白果
Suzhou
白果
Danyang
白果
Hangzhou
白果
Ningbo
白果 , 銀杏
Jinhua
白果
Xiang
Changsha
白果
Quanzhou
白果
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Hawaiian: nanahana ( via Cantonese ngan⁴ hang⁶ )
Japanese
Etymology 1
イチョウ on Japanese Wikipedia
/it͡ɕijau/ → /it͡ɕjɔː/ → /it͡ɕoː/
Borrowing from Chinese 鴨腳 / 鸭脚 ( yājiǎo , “ ginkgo ” ) around the Muromachi period .
There is an Edo-period folk etymology that the original derivation was 一葉 ( ichiyō , literally “ a single leaf ” ) , but from the historical kana usage , 一葉 would be read as いちえふ ( ichi-efu ) → いてふ ( itefu ) , instead of いちやう ( i-chau ) .
The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓 ).
Pronunciation
Noun
銀杏( いちょう ) or 銀杏( イチョウ ) • (ichō ) ←いちやう ( ityau ) or イチヤウ ( ityau ) ?
ginkgo tree (Ginkgo biloba )
an arrowhead in the shape of a ginkgo leaf
Short for 銀杏頭 ( ichō-gashira ) : an Edo-period hairstyle , with the topknot in the shape of a ginkgo leaf, today usually associated with higher-ranked sumo wrestlers
a 家紋 ( kamon , “ family crest ” ) with a motif of various styles of gingko leaves
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 イチョウ .
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Attested around the mid-12th century.
Borrowing from Middle Chinese 銀杏 (MC ngin haengX ), utilizing the 唐音 ( tō'on , “ Tang sound” ) of 杏 ( an ) , as in 杏子 ( anzu , “ apricot ” ) .
The an changes to nan as an instance of renjō (連声 ).
Pronunciation
Noun
銀( ぎん ) 杏( なん ) • (ginnan )
Ginkgo biloba
a ginkgo tree
a ginkgo nut or seed
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Middle Chinese 銀杏 (MC ngin haengX ), utilizing the 慣用音 ( kan'yō-on , “ Customary sound ” ) of 杏 ( kyō ) , as in 杏仁 ( kyōnin , “ apricot seed” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
銀( ぎん ) 杏( きょう ) • (ginkyō ) ←ぎんきやう ( ginkyau ) ?
Ginkgo biloba
Descendants
References