蜜柑

Chinese
honey large tangerine
simp. and trad.
(蜜柑)		 蜜 柑

Pronunciation

Noun

蜜柑

  1. mandarin orange
  2. tangerine

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
蜜 柑
みつ > みっ
Grade: S		 かん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese compound 蜜柑. Compare modern Mandarin reading mìgān.

Obsolete reading.

Pronunciation

Noun

蜜柑 (hiragana みっかん, rōmaji mikkan)

  1. (obsolete) a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  2. (obsolete) citrus fruit in general

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蜜 柑
Grade: S Jinmeiyō
Irregular

/mikkan/ → /mikan/

Shift in pronunciation from mikkan above. This change occurred sometime after the 1603 publication of the Japanese-Portuguese Nippo Jisho[1], which still lists the reading as mikkan.

Pronunciation

Noun

蜜柑 (hiragana みかん, katakana ミカン, rōmaji mikan)

  1. a mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  2. citrus fruit in general
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ミカン.

See also

References
  1. 1603, 日葡辞書 (Nippo Jisho): Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (in Portuguese), Nagasaki: Society of Jesus
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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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