接骨木

Chinese

to set a bone tree; wood
trad. (接骨木) 接骨 木
simp. #(接骨木) 接骨 木

Pronunciation

Noun

接骨木

  1. elderberry

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
接 骨 木
Grade: 5 Grade: 6 Grade: 1
Irregular

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

接骨木 (hiragana にわとこ, katakana ニワトコ, rōmaji niwatoko, historical hiragana にはとこ)

  1. Sambucus sieboldiana
    1911, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Nikkō Shōhin‎:
    対岸には接骨木めいた樹がすがれかかった黄葉を低れて力なさそうに水にうつむいた。
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ニワトコ.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
接 骨 木
せつ > せっ
Grade: 5		 こつ
Grade: 6		 ぼく
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 接骨木 (tsjep kwot muwk, literally “bonesetting + tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

接骨木 (hiragana せっこつぼく, rōmaji sekkotsuboku)

  1. Sambucus sieboldiana

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  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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