昆布

Chinese

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (1)
Final () (55) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter kwon puH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuən/ /puoH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kuon/ /puoH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuən/ /poH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwən/ /pɔH/
Li
Rong
/kuən/ /poH/
Wang
Li
/kuən/ /puH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuən/ /puoH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
gūn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gwan1 bou3

Etymology 1

phonetic
 
to declare; to announce; to spread
to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
trad. (昆布)
simp. #(昆布)
alternative forms 綸布纶布

From earlier 綸布 (OC *kruːn paːs, “green ribbon + cloth”), due to the resemblance in appearance (Erya).

Noun

昆布

  1. (often in traditional Chinese medicine) seaweed; kelp; laminara; ecklonia
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

phonetic
trad. (昆布)
simp. #(昆布)

Proper noun

昆布

  1. Khumbu (a region of Nepal)
Synonyms
  • 坤布

Japanese

(こん)() • (konbu) : kombu.
Kanji in this term
こん
Grade: S
ふ > ぶ
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

First cited to a record in the Shoku Nihongi, written 715 CE.[1]

Theories include:

The early date of first citation, and the existence already in 715 of the kanji spelling 昆布, seems to make a Chinese derivation more likely. See the Wikipedia article about kombu for additional etymology details.

Cognates among the Ryukyuan languages include Kunigami 昆布 (kubū), Okinawan 昆布 (kūbu), Southern Amami-Oshima 昆布 (kubu), Miyako 昆布 (kubu), and Yaeyama 昆布 (kubu).

Pronunciation

Noun

(こん)() or 昆布(コンブ) • (konbu) 

  1. kombu, kelp, tangle, laminara
    昆布(こんぶ)熨斗(のし)
    konbu no noshi
    kombu noshi

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コンブ.

See also

References

  1. 昆布”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 昆布”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. コンブ/昆布/こんぶ”, in 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, Etymology Derivation Dictionary) (in Japanese), 2003–2024.
  4. John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 236
  5. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  6. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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