"牡蠣" meaning in Japanese

See 牡蠣 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠kʲi] Forms: 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: 牡蠣(かき)), 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: 牡蠣(カキ)), kaki [romanization]
Etymology: Probably a shift from either: * 掻き (kaki, “scratching, scraping”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 掻く (kaku, “to scratch, to scrape”), from the way that oysters are harvested by scraping them off of the oyster bed * 欠き (kaki, “breaking, chipping”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 欠く (kaku, “to break, to chip”), from the way that one must break or chip an oyster shell to get at the meat The spelling is from Chinese 牡蠣/牡蛎 (mǔlì), as an example of jukujikun (熟字訓). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zh|牡蠣|sort=かき}} Chinese 牡蠣/牡蛎 (mǔlì), {{jukujikun|sort=かき}} jukujikun (熟字訓) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かき|カキ}} 牡蠣(かき) or 牡蠣(カキ) • (kaki)
  1. oyster (edible) Categories (lifeform): Bivalves Derived forms: 真牡蠣 (magaki) (ruby: 真牡蠣(マガキ))
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-OdsH~Bmi Disambiguation of Bivalves: 21 41 37 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [bo̞ɾe̞ː] Forms: 牡蠣 [canonical] (ruby: (), (れい)), borei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 牡蠣 (MC muwX ljejH). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほれい'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|牡蠣}} 牡蠣 (MC muwX ljejH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぼれい}} 牡(ぼ)蠣(れい) • (borei)
  1. an oyster Categories (lifeform): Bivalves
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-spaDb7tC Disambiguation of Bivalves: 21 41 37
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) roasted and powdered oyster shell, used in antacids, sedatives, and as a bird feed additive Tags: Chinese, traditional Categories (topical): Traditional Chinese medicine, Seafood Categories (lifeform): Bivalves
    Sense id: en-牡蠣-ja-noun-L9NGLfOL Disambiguation of Seafood: 32 6 63 Disambiguation of Bivalves: 21 41 37 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 93 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 4 90 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 6 4 90 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 22 22 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 11 8 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 4 91 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 真珠貝 (inedible) (ruby: 真珠貝(しんじゅがい)) (english: pearl oyster)
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 牡蠣 meaning in Japanese (4.5kB)

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