薄荷

Chinese

 
thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
 peppermint; to carry burden; lotus
trad. (薄荷) 薄 荷
simp. #(薄荷) 薄 荷

Pronunciation

Noun

薄荷

  1. mint (Mentha) plants, including peppermint

Derived terms

  • 薄荷油
  • 薄荷精
  • 薄荷腦／薄荷脑

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (薄荷):

Others:

  • → Zhuang: bozhoz

Japanese

Kanji in this term
薄 荷
はく > はっ
Grade: S		 か
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷

Pronunciation

Noun

薄荷 (hiragana はっか, katakana ハッカ, rōmaji hakka, historical hiragana はくか, historical katakana ハクカ)

  1. Synonym of ミント (minto, “mint”) (plant)
  2. Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
薄荷

Noun

薄荷 • (bakha) (hangeul 박하)

  1. Hanja form? of 박하 (“mint”).

Okinawan

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 薄荷. Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はくか.[1]

Noun

薄荷 (hiragana ふぁっか, romaji fakka, hiragana はっか, romaji hakka)

  1. mint

References

  1. ↑ 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/80

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
薄荷

Noun

薄荷

  1. Hán tự form of bạc hà, “mint”
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