無花果

See also: 无花果

Chinese

	not have	flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	fruit; result
trad. (無花果)	無	花	果
simp. (无花果)	无	花	果
Literally: “flowerless fruit”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wúhuāguǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄍㄨㄛˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): вухуагуә (I-I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-fâ-kó
Min Dong (BUC): ù-huă-guō
Min Nan (POJ): bû-hoa-kó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúhuāguǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄚㄍㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhuaguuo
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ xu̯a̠⁵⁵ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: вухуагуә (I-I-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /vʊ²⁴ xua²⁴ kuɤ⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
  - Yale: mòuh fā gwó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ faa¹ gwo²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ fa¹ guo²
  - IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ fɑː⁵⁵ kʷɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-fâ-kó
  - Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ fa´ go`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² fa¹ go³
  - IPA: /vu¹¹ fa²⁴ ko³¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ù-huă-guō
  - IPA ^(key): /u⁵³⁻²¹ ^(h-)ua⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(k-)uo³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hoa-kó
  - Tâi-lô: bû-hua-kó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'hoa'koir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² hua³³ ko⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² hua⁴⁴⁻²² ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ ko⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ hua⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤ⁴¹/

Noun

無花果

fig

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
無	花	果
Grade: 4	Grade: 1	Grade: 4
Irregular

The kanji spelling 無 (“no”) + 花 (“flower”) + 果 (“fruit”) is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), to denote a tree that bears fruit without flowering. The いちじく (ichijiku) reading is possibly a Japanese corruption of Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋ^H ȵiɪt̚ kuɑ^X, “fig”), which is a transcription of Persian (anjir, “fig”) + 果 (kuɑ^X).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) いちじく [ìchíꜜjìkù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [it͡ɕiʑikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

無花果 (hiragana いちじく, katakana イチジク, rōmaji ichijiku, historical hiragana いちぢく)

fig

Synonyms

映日果 (えいじつか) (eijitsuka)
無 (む)花 (か)果 (か) (mukaka)

Derived terms

無花果果 (いちじくか) (ichijikuka, “syconium”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
無	花	果
む Grade: 4	か Grade: 1	か Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 無花果 (mɨo hˠua kuɑ^X).

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) むかか [mùkáꜜkà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝka̠ka̠]

Noun

無花果 (hiragana むかか, rōmaji mukaka, historical hiragana むくわくわ)

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References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
無	花	果

Noun

無花果 • (muhwagwa) (hangeul 무화과)

Hanja form^? of 무화과 (“fig”).

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[DJR-1] 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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