竹輪

See also: 竹轮

Chinese
bamboo
 
wheel; gear; (by) turn; rotate
trad. (竹輪) 竹 輪
simp. (竹轮) 竹 轮

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竹 (ちく)輪 (わ) (chikuwa).

Pronunciation

Noun

竹輪

  1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake)

Synonyms

Japanese
竹輪 (chikuwa): a piece of chikuwa showing the representative tube shape.
Kanji in this term
竹 輪
ちく
Grade: 1		 わ
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 竹 (chiku, “bamboo”) +‎ 輪 (wa, “ring”), from the resemblance to a piece of bamboo.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

竹輪 (hiragana ちくわ, rōmaji chikuwa)

  1. chikuwa (tube-shaped fish-paste cake), a particular way of preparing kamaboko

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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