大根

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
大 根
おお
Grade: 1		 ね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

From 大(おお) (ō, “big, great”) + 根(ね) (ne, “root”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːne̞]

Noun

大(おお)根(ね) • (ōne) 

  1. Archaic form of 大根 (daikon).
  2. the fundamental root or origin of something

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
大 根
だい
Grade: 1		 こん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

On'yomi form of the native Japanese word 大根(おおね) (ōne).

Pronunciation

Noun

大(だい)根(こん) • (daikon) 

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

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

  1. (Kagoshima) daikon
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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