藤壺

Chinese

		rattan; cane	pot; (a measure word)
trad. (藤壺)		藤	壺
simp. (藤壶)		藤	壶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ténghú

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ténghú
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ ㄏㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ténghú
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²-hu²
    • Yale: téng-hú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ternghwu
    • Palladius: тэнху (tɛnxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵ xu³⁵/

Noun

藤壺

1. barnacle (crustacean)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
藤	壺
ふじ Grade: S	つぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Proper noun

藤(ふじ)壺(つぼ) • (Fujitsubo) ^{←ふぢつぼ (Fuditubo)?}

1. Synonym of 飛香舎 (Higyō-sha, “one of the consort residences of the Inner Palace in the Heian era”)
2. (fiction) Lady Fujitsubo, a fictional character in The Tale of Genji

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
藤	壺
ふじ Grade: S	つぼ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Calque of Chinese 藤壺 / 藤壶 (ténghú).

For pronunciation and definitions of 藤壺 – see the following entry.

【富士壺ふじつぼ】 [noun] barnacle, a marine crustacean of the suborder Balanomorpha Alternative spelling フジツボ

(This term, 藤壺, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)