うどん

Japanese
Alternative spelling
饂飩 (now rare)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Chinese 餛飩／馄饨, or a blend of this term and 温(おん) (on, “warm”). Compare Japanese 餛飩.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うどん [ùdóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝdõ̞ɴ]

Noun

うどん • (udon) 

  1. udon (a type of Japanese wheat noodle)

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 烏冬／乌冬 (wūdōng)
  • → English: udon
  • → Korean: 우동 (udong)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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