大福

Chinese

 
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); surname
simp. and trad.
(大福)		 大 福
anagram 福大

Pronunciation

Noun

大福

  1. great blessing
  2. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi stuffed with red bean paste

Japanese

大福 (daifuku)
Kanji in this term
大 福
だい
Grade: 1		 ふく
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From 大腹餅 (だいふくもち, daifuku mochi, “big stomach mochi (“very filling mochi”)”), by replacing 腹 (ふく, fuku, “stomach”) by homophone 福 (ふく, fuku, “luck”).

Previously 腹太餅 (はらぶともち, harabuto mochi (“very filling mochi”), “stomach fat mochi”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいふく​ [dàífúkúꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [da̠iɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

大福 (hiragana だいふく, rōmaji daifuku)

  1. daifuku, a Japanese confection consisting of a mochi (glutinous rice cake) stuffed with 餡子 (あんこ, anko, “red bean paste”).

References

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  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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