硇砂
Chinese
phonetic | sand; gravel; granule | ||
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simp. and trad. (硇砂) |
硇 | 砂 | |
alternative forms | 硇沙 碙砂/𥐻砂 𥐻砂 䃩砂 𠬦沙 硇沙 碙砂/𥐻砂 𥐻砂 䃩砂 𠬦沙 𥐼砂 𥐼沙 𣲿沙 𣳦沙 𥑪砂 𥓁沙 𥑚沙 |
Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of Persian نشادر (nošâdor, nošâder, “sal ammoniac”); compare also Arabic نُشادِر (nušādir), نُوشادِر (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).
In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the 硇 (náo) as equivalent to 惱 (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” (硇亂) when ingested.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- 白硇砂
- 紫硇砂
- 黃硇砂/黄硇砂
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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硇 | 砂 |
どう Hyōgaiji |
しゃ Grade: 6 |
kan’on | goon |
Alternative spelling |
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磠砂 |
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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