大福

Chinese
 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
good fortune; happiness; luck
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
simp. and trad.
(大福)		 大 福
anagram 福大

Pronunciation

Noun

大福

  1. great blessing
  2. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi stuffed with red bean paste

Japanese
大福 (daifuku)
Kanji in this term
大 福
だい
Grade: 1		 ふく
Grade: 3
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
大福 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 大腹餅 (だいふくもち, daifuku mochi, “big stomach mochi (“very filling mochi”)”), by replacing 腹 (ふく, fuku, “stomach”) by homophone 福 (ふく, fuku, “luck”).

Previously 腹太餅 (はらぶともち, harabuto mochi (“very filling mochi”), “stomach fat mochi”).[1]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) だいふく​ [dàífúkúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
    • IPA(key): [da̠iɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

    Noun

    大(だい)福(ふく) • (daifuku) 

    1. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with 餡子 (あんこ, anko, “red bean paste”).

    References
    1. “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 19 November 2008, archived from the original on 2007-05-22
    2. 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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