盆栽

Chinese
basin to force; to stick in; to plant
trad. (盆栽) 盆 栽
simp. #(盆栽) 盆 栽

Pronunciation

Verb

盆栽

  1. to pot (a plant)

Noun

盆栽

  1. potted plant
  2. bonsai (a miniaturized tree or plant)

Synonyms
  • (bonsai):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
盆 栽
ぼん
Grade: S		 さい
Grade: S
goon on’yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from written Chinese 盆栽 (pénzāi) as a kind of calque of the older Japanese term 鉢植え (hachiue, “potted plant”, literally “pot + planting”), based on the synonymous meanings of the individual kanji: 盆 (bon) can refer to a pot, while 栽 (sai) can refer to a plant.

First cited to a collection of 漢詩 (kanshi, “Chinese-style poetry”) from 1832.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼんさい [bòńsáí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [bõ̞ɰ̃sa̠i]

Noun

盆(ぼん)栽(さい) • (bonsai) 

  1. [from 1832] a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing: a bonsai, a dwarf tree

References
  1. “盆栽”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
盆栽

Noun

盆栽 • (bunjae) (hangeul 분재)

  1. Hanja form? of 분재 (“a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing; a bonsai, a dwarf tree”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
盆栽

Noun

盆栽

  1. chữ Hán form of bồn tài (“a potted plant that has been grown and aesthetically trimmed for the purpose of viewing; a bonsai, a dwarf tree”).
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