梔子

See also: 栀子

Chinese
gardenia
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight
trad. (梔子) 梔 子
simp. (栀子) 栀 子
alternative forms 支子

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 梔 子
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 支 (11) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 章移切 即里切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕiᴇ/ /t͡sɨX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕiɛ/ /t͡sɨX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕjɛ/ /t͡sieX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ciə̆/ /t͡sɨX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕie/ /t͡siəX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕǐe/ /t͡sĭəX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕie̯/ /t͡siX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhī zǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 zi1 zi2

Noun

梔子

  1. Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)
    1. fruit of the Cape jasmine

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
梔 子
くちなし
Hyōgaiji Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
巵子
山梔子

Etymology

Possibly an extension of 口無し (kuchinashi, literally “without a mouth”), from the absence of the fruit's cleaves even when ripe.[1]

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 梔子／栀子 (zhīzi).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) くちなし [kùchínáshí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕina̠ɕi]

Noun

梔子(くちなし) • (kuchinashi) 

  1. the Cape jasmine, Gardenia jasminoides
    Synonyms: 山梔子 (sanshishi), (quite uncommon) 薝蔔 (senpuku)
    Hypernym: 茜 (akane)
  2. (colloquial) Short for 梔子色 (kuchinashi-iro): a gold color as of the fruit of a Cape jasmine; a style of layering garments with yellow on both front and back

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as クチナシ.

Derived terms
  • 梔子(くちなし)色(いろ) (kuchinashi-iro)

References
  1. Makino, Tomitarô (1940). An Illustrated Flora of Nippon, with the Cultivated and Naturalized Plants.: i–xx, 1–1070, pls. I–IX, i–cxliii. Makino Botanical Garden
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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