汗疹

Chinese

perspiration; sweat measles; rash
simp. and trad.
(汗疹)		 汗 疹

Pronunciation

Noun

汗疹

  1. miliaria, sweat rash

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
汗 疹
かん
Grade: S		 しん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 汗疹 (hanH trhinH, literally “sweat + rash”). Compare modern Mandarin 汗疹 (hànzhěn, “miliaria”).

Pronunciation

Noun

汗疹 (hiragana かんしん, rōmaji kanshin)

  1. miliaria: prickly heat, heat rash

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
汗 疹
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Compound of 汗 (ase, "sweat") + uncertain element も or ぼ. According to one theory, this may be an alteration of 疣 (ibo, imo, "wart, verruca"). This same ibo / imo element appears in the reading for 疱瘡 (imogasa), an archaic word for a pockmark or a pox and sometimes shortened to just imo.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

汗疹 (hiragana あせも, rōmaji asemo)

  1. miliaria: prickly heat, heat rash

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
汗 疹
Grade: S Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Compound of 汗 (ase, "sweat") + uncertain element も or ぼ. According to one theory, this may be an alteration of 疣 (ibo, imo, "wart, verruca"). This same ibo / imo element appears in the reading for 疱瘡 (imogasa), an archaic word for a pockmark or a pox and sometimes shortened to just imo.

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

汗疹 (hiragana あせぼ, rōmaji asebo)

  1. (rare) miliaria: prickly heat, heat rash

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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