昆布

Chinese

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 昆 布
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 魂 (55) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 古渾切 愽故切
Baxter kwon puH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kuən/ /puoH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kuon/ /puoH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kuən/ /poH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kwən/ /pɔH/
Li
Rong		 /kuən/ /poH/
Wang
Li		 /kuən/ /puH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kuən/ /puoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 gūn bù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwan1 bou3

Etymology 1

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) From earlier 綸布 (OC *kruːn paːs, “green ribbon + cloth”), due to the resemblance in appearance (Erya).

Noun

昆布

  1. (often in traditional Chinese medicine) seaweed; kelp; laminara; ecklonia
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Proper noun

昆布

  1. Khumbu (a region of Nepal)
Synonyms
  • 坤布

Japanese
Kanji in this term
昆 布
こん
Grade: S		 ふ > ぶ
Grade: 5
on’yomi
昆(こん)布(ぶ) • (konbu) : kombu.

Etymology

First cited to a record in the Shoku Nihongi, written 715 CE.[1]

Theories include:

Additionally, see the Wikipedia article about kombu for etymology details.

Cognates among the Ryukyuan languages include Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), and Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

Noun

昆(こん)布(ぶ) • (konbu) 

  1. kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara
    昆布(こんぶ)の熨斗(のし)
    konbu no noshi
    kombu noshi

See also

References
  1. “昆布”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “昆布”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. コンブ／昆布／こんぶ - Gogen Yurai Jiten (in Japanese)
  4. John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 236
  5. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  6. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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