石鹸

Japanese

Etymology 1
石鹸 (sekken): a bar of handmade soap.
Kanji in this term
石 鹸
せき > せっ
Grade: 1		 けん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Appears to be from Middle Chinese 石鹼 (MC d͡ʑiᴇk̚ kˠɛmX, literally “stone + lye; soap”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

石鹸 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 石鹼, hiragana せっけん, rōmaji sekken)

  1. soap

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
石 鹸
Grade: 1 Hyōgaiji
Irregular
For pronunciation and definitions of 石鹸 – see サボン.
(This term, 石鹸, is a kanji spelling of サボン.)

Usage notes

This kanji spelling for this reading is historical. This reading is spelled in katakana as サボン in modern usage.

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
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