蓬蔂

See also: 蓬虆

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蓬蔂 *– see 蓬虆 (“Rubus hirsutus”).* (This term, 蓬蔂, is the simplified form of 蓬虆.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Old Japanese

Etymology

Compound of 斎 (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) +‎ 血 (ti, “blood”) +‎ 彦 (pi₁ko₁, “boy, prince”). The pi₁ko₁ changes to bi₁ko₁ as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 蓬虆 (buŋ liuɪ).

Noun

蓬蔂 (itibi₁ko₁) (kana いちびこ)

a strawberry
- 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Yūryaku, ninth year of reign [465 CE]: first day of the seventh month in autumn)
  於蓬蔂丘譽田陵下【蓬蔂、此云_二伊致寐姑_一】、逢_二騎赤駿者_一。
  At the foot of the imperial tomb of Homuta in Strawberry Hill (“strawberry” here is read as i-chi-bi-ko), he encountered a rider with a noble red steed.

Descendants

Japanese: 苺, 莓 (ichigo)

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