落花生

Chinese

fallen flower petals; falling blossoms to grow
trad. (落花生) 落花
simp. #(落花生) 落花

Etymology

After the peanut's flower drops to the ground, its ovary enters the soil and the seed pod grows.

Pronunciation


Note: lōa-seng, loa̍h-seng - contractions.

Noun

落花生

  1. peanut (Classifier: m;  m)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (落花生):
  • Japanese: (らっ)()(せい) (rakkasei)
  • Korean: 낙화생(落花生) (nakhwasaeng)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
らく > らっ
Grade: 3

Grade: 1
せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 落花生 (luòhuāshēng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(らっ)()(せい) (rakkasei) らくくわせい (rakukwasei)?

  1. peanut

Synonyms

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