人參

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology

Referring to the root's characteristic forked shape, resembling the legs of a man.

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Noun

人參

  1. ginseng (any of several plants, of the genus Panax)

Synonyms

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (人參):
  • → Japanese: 人(ニン)参(ジン) (ninjin)
  • → Korean: 인삼(人蔘) (insam)
  • → Vietnamese: nhân sâm (Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value))

Others:

See also

References
  • Duffus, William (1883), “ginseng”, in English-Chinese Vocabulary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Swatow, Swatow: English Presbyterian Mission Press, page 122

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人 參
にん
Grade: 1		 じん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

人(にん)參(じん) • (ninjin) 

  1. Kyūjitai form of 人参 (“carrot”)

Korean
Hanja in this term
人參

Noun

人參 • (insam) (hangeul 인삼)

  1. Alternative form of 人蔘

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
人參

Noun

人參

  1. chữ Hán form of nhân sâm (“ginseng”).
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