小豆

小豆

1. Alternative name for 赤小豆 (chìxiǎodòu, “rice bean (Vigna umbellata)”).

⟨aduki₁⟩ → /adukʲi/ → /ad͡ʑuki/ → /aʑuki/

From Old Japanese. Further derivation unknown.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. The characters literally mean “small bean”.

Appears to be identical to Ainu antuki (“azuki bean”), which may be a borrowing. However, the direction of borrowing is uncertain.

• (Tokyo) あずき​ [àzúkíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠zɨᵝkʲi]

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小豆(あずき) or 小豆(アズキ) • (azuki) ^{←あづき (aduki) or アヅキ (aduki)?}

1. the azuki bean, Vigna angularis

   Hypernym: 豆 (mame)

• 縁(えん)の下(した)の小豆(あずき)の木(き) (en no shita no azuki no ki)

• → English: adzuki, azuki
• → Indonesian: azuki

小豆(あずき) • (Azuki) ^{←あづき (aduki)?}

1. a female given name

/seu du/ → /ɕeud͡ʑu/ → /soːʑu/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Middle Chinese?”)

• (Tokyo) しょーず [shòózú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːzɨᵝ]

小(しょう)豆(ず) • (shōzu) ^{←せうづ (seudu)?}

1. the azuki bean, Vigna angularis

• 小(しょう)豆蔲(ずく) (shōzuku)
• 小豆(しょうど)島(しま) (Shōdoshima)
• 角(かく)小(しょう)豆(ず) (kakushōzu)

小(しょう)豆(ず) • (Shōzu) ^{←せうづ (seudu)?}

1. a placename, especially in Kagawa Prefecture
2. a surname

• 大(だい)豆(ず) (daizu, “soybean”)

小豆 • (sodu) (hangeul 소두)

1. Hanja form^? of 소두 (“azuki bean”).

*/antuki/ → ⟨aduki₁⟩

Derivation unknown. Appears to be identical to Ainu antuki (“azuki bean”), which may be a borrowing. However, the direction of borrowing is uncertain.

The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun. The characters literally mean “small bean”.

小豆 (aduki₁) (kana あづき)

1. the azuki bean, Vigna angularis
   • 720, Nihon Shoki, poem 40:

     阿波旎辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭阿豆枳辭摩異椰敷多那羅弭予呂辭枳辭摩之魔儾伽多佐例阿羅智之吉備那流伊慕塢阿比瀰莵流慕能

     Apadi-sima iya putanarabi₁ Aduki₁-sima iya putanarabi₁ yo₂ro₂siki₁ simasima ta ka tasarearatisi Ki₁bi₂ naru imo wo api₁mi₁turu mono₂

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Also used as a 借訓 (shakkun), as in the adjective あづきなし (aduki₁nasi, “dull, wearisome”).

• Japanese: 小豆 (azuki)