酸漿

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Chinese

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sour; sore; ache
sour; sore; ache; acid
 
starch paste; broth; serum
starch paste; broth; serum; to starch
 
trad. (酸漿) 漿
simp. (酸浆)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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酸漿

  1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

Synonyms

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Japanese

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酸漿 (hōzuki): the Chinese lantern plant, showing the fruit in its distinctive husk.
Kanji in this term
漿
Grade: 5 Hyōgai
irregular

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably originally a compound of (, cheeks) +‎ 付き (tsuki, resembling, appearing like, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 付く tsuku “to stick → to become a certain state or quality”), from the way the husk vaguely resembles bulging red cheeks. The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The 酸漿 kanji spelling is from the Chinese term. The 鬼灯 kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), literally meaning “demon's lantern”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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酸漿(ほおずき) or 酸漿(ホオズキ) (hōzukiほほづき (fofoduki) or ホホヅキ (fofoduki)?

  1. Physalis alkekengi
    Vernacular names include the Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, bladder cherry, winter cherry, husk tomato, and the strawberry groundcherry.

Usage notes

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

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN