無花果

See also: 无花果

Chinese
fruit; result
trad. (無花果) 無花 果
simp. (无花果) 无花 果
Literally: “flowerless fruit”.

Pronunciation

Noun

無花果

  1. fig

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 無花果章／无花果章 (“The Fig, the ninety-fifth sura of the Qur'an”)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (無花果):
  • → Japanese: 無花果(むかか) (mukaka)
  • → Korean: 무화과(無花果) (muhwagwa)

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
無 花 果
いちじく
Grade: 4 Grade: 1 Grade: 4
jukujikun

The kanji spelling 無 (“no”) + 花 (“flower”) + 果 (“fruit”) is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), to denote a tree that bears fruit without flowering. The いちじく (ichijiku) reading is possibly a Japanese corruption of Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋH ȵiɪt̚ kuɑX, “fig”), itself a transcription of Persian انجیر‎ (anjir, “fig”) + 果 (kuɑX).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いち​じく [ìchíꜜjìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [it͡ɕiʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

無花果(いちじく) • (ichijiku) ←いちぢく (itidiku)?

  1. fig tree
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
無 花 果
む
Grade: 4		 か
Grade: 1		 か
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 無花果 (mɨo hˠua kuɑX).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) むか​か [mùkáꜜkà] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ka̠]

Noun

無(む)花(か)果(か) • (mukaka) ←むくわくわ (mukwakwa)?

  1. fig tree

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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

Further reading

Korean
Hanja in this term
無花果

Noun

無花果 • (muhwagwa) (hangeul 무화과)

  1. Hanja form? of 무화과 (“fig”).
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