椎茸

Chinese

spine; a hammer confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (椎茸)
simp. #(椎茸)

Pronunciation


Noun

椎茸

  1. shiitake

Synonyms


Japanese

椎茸 (shītake): a cluster of growing shiitake mushrooms.
Kanji in this term
しい
Grade: S
たけ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (shī, shii tree) + (take, mushroom), as the mushroom is typically found on logs from the shii or chinquapin tree.

Pronunciation

Noun

椎茸 (hiragana しいたけ, katakana シイタケ, rōmaji shītake, historical hiragana しひたけ, historical katakana シヒタケ)

  1. shiitake, a type of edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

Synonyms

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
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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