Chinese

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jade sorghum
trad. (玉蜀黍) 蜀黍
simp. #(玉蜀黍) 蜀黍

Pronunciation

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Noun

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玉蜀黍

  1. corn; maize

Synonyms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (玉蜀黍):
  • Korean: 옥촉서(玉蜀黍) (okchokseo)

Others:

Japanese

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玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi): a botanical illustration of the maize or corn plant.
Kanji in this term
とうもろこし
Grade: 1 Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun

Etymology

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/taumorokoɕi//tɔːmorokoɕi//toːmorokoɕi/

Originally a compound of (, Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign) +‎ もろこし (morokoshi, sorghum),[1] from the visual similarities between the sorghum and maize plants.

The spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓) from Chinese,[1] and appears to be a compound of (, jade, jewel) + 蜀黍 (shǔshǔ, sorghum, literally Shu millet). Compare modern Mandarin 玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ, “maize”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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玉蜀黍(とうもろこし) or 玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshiたうもろこし (taumorokosi)?

  1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)

Usage notes

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More common usage of the term is in katakana (トウモロコシ) or hiragana (とうもろこし) and perhaps never in kanji (玉蜀黍). For loose-kernel corn, the more common term in Japanese is コーン (kōn).

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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