麦酒

See also: 麥酒

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see 麥酒 (“ale; beer; wine from grain”).
(This term, 麦酒, is the simplified form of 麥酒.)
Notes:

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
ビール
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Dutch bier. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”), and were applied from the Edo period.

First cited to a text from 1724.[1]

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see the following entry.
【ビール】
[noun] [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
(This term, 麦酒, is an alternative (rare) spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
ばく
Grade: 2		 しゅ
Grade: 3
kan’on goon
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 麥酒／麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”).

First cited to 1826.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ば​くしゅ [báꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕɨᵝ]

Noun

麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) • (bakushu) 

  1. [from 1826] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
  2. [from 1867] any other alcoholic drink brewed mainly from barley or wheat

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
むぎ
Grade: 2		 さけ > ざけ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 麦 (mugi, “barley, wheat, oat”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “sake, grain wine”).[1] The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to the early 1500s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝɡʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

麦(むぎ)酒(ざけ) • (mugizake) 

  1. [1500s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) sake made from, or mainly from, wheat, barley, or oat

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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