酢橘

Japanese

Kanji in this term
酢	橘
す Grade: S	たちばな > だち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 酢 (す) (su, “vinegar”, for its sourness) + 橘 (たちばな) (tachibana, “Citrus tachibana”). The tachi changes to dachi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) すだち [sùdáchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- (Tokyo) すだち [sùdáchíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [sɨᵝda̠t͡ɕi]

Noun

酢橘 (hiragana すだち, katakana スダチ, rōmaji sudachi)

a green citrus fruit, Citrus sudachi, native to western Japan
Hypernym: 蜜柑 (mikan)

See also

柚 (ゆ)子 (ず) (yuzu)

References

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

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