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
goon

Probably from Middle Chinese 蜜柑 (MC mjit kam, literally “honey + citrus”). Compare modern Mandarin reading mìgān.

Obsolete reading.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mʲik̚kã̠ɴ]

Noun

蜜(みっ)柑(かん) • (mikkan) 

  1. (obsolete) a satsuma tree, a mikan tree: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  2. (obsolete) a satsuma (fruit), a mikan: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  3. (obsolete) citrus fruit in general

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
蜜 柑
みつ > み
Grade: S		 かん
Jinmeiyō
irregular goon

/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(み)柑(かん) or 蜜柑(ミカン) • (mikan) 

  1. a satsuma tree, a mikan tree: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  2. a satsuma (fruit), a mikan: a particular variety of mandarin orange, Citrus unshiu (fruit)
  3. citrus fruit in general
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 ミカン.

Descendants
  • → Jeju: 미깡 (mikkang)
See also

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

Korean
Hanja in this term
蜜柑

Noun

蜜柑 • (milgam) (hangeul 밀감)

  1. Hanja form? of 밀감.
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