大根

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	根
だい Grade: 1	こん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 大 ("big, great") + 根 ("root").

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) だいこん [dàíkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [da̠ikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

大根 (hiragana だいこん, rōmaji daikon)

daikon, a large white variety of radish native to East Asia
(acting) a ham, an actor known for an exaggerated, over-wrought style

(alternative reading hiragana でこん, katakana デコン, romaji dekon)

(Kagoshima) daikon

Derived terms

山葵大根 (わさびだいこん) (wasabidaikon): horseradish

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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