仙人掌

Chinese
 
immortal; supernatural entity; celestial being; transcendent being
 palm (of hand); in charge of
simp. and trad.
(仙人掌)		 仙人 掌
Literally: “immortal man's palm”.
仙人掌

Pronunciation

Noun

仙人掌

  1. cactus (member of the Cactaceae family)

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Japanese
Kanji in this term
仙 人 掌
Grade: S Grade: 1 Grade: S
jukujikun

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Portuguese sabão (“soap”) + 手 (te, “hand”), as cactus stems were used by the Portuguese to remove stains. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 仙人掌.

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) サボテン [sàbótéń] (Heiban – [0])
    • IPA(key): [sa̠bo̞tẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

仙人掌 (katakana サボテン, hiragana さぼてん, rōmaji saboten)

  1. cactus (member of the Cactaceae)

See also
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