唐黍

唐黍 (morokoshi kibi, morokoshi, tōkibi): sorghum.

Compound of 唐 (morokoshi, “China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “millet”).

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) もろこしき​び [mòrókóshí kíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi kʲibʲi]

• 蜀黍

唐黍 (hiragana もろこしきび, rōmaji morokoshi kibi)

1. sorghum

The longer term morokoshi kibi has been largely replaced by the shorter form morokoshi below.

• 蜀黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi)
• 唐黍 (とうきび) (tōkibi)
• 高黍 (たかきび) (takakibi)

唐黍 (morokoshi, tōkibi): maize.

Abbreviation of morokoshi kibi above, with the abbreviated reading then re-applied to the entire kanji compound.[1]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) もろこし [mòrókóshí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [mo̞ɾo̞ko̞ɕi]

• 蜀黍

唐黍 (hiragana もろこし, rōmaji morokoshi)

1. sorghum
2. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)

• (sorghum): 蜀黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (とうきび) (tōkibi), 高黍 (たかきび) (takakibi)
• (maize): 玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし) (tōmorokoshi), 唐黍 (とうきび) (tōkibi)

The term 玉蜀黍 (tōmorokoshi) is more common for the maize sense.

/taukibi/ → /tɔːkibi/ → /toːkibi/

Compound of 唐 (tō, “Tang Dynasty; China in general; (by extension) foreign”) +‎ 黍 (kibi, “millet”).[1][2]

• Jūbakoyomi
  • (Tokyo) とーき​び [tòókíꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ːkʲibʲi]

唐黍 (hiragana とうきび, rōmaji tōkibi)

1. maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
2. sorghum

• (maize): 玉蜀黍 (とうもろこし) (tōmorokoshi)
• (sorghum): 蜀黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 唐黍 (もろこし) (morokoshi), 高黍 (たかきび) (takakibi)