蓬蔂

See also: 蓬虆

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
蓬	蔂
Jinmeiyō	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of 斎 (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) +‎ 血 (ti, “blood”) +‎ 彦 (pi₁ko₁, “boy, prince”). The pi₁ko₁ changes to bi₁ko₁ as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), an orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 蓬虆.

Noun

蓬蔂 (itibi₁ko₁) (kana いちびこ)

a strawberry
- 720, Nihon Shoki (Emperor Yūryaku, entry 23: ninth year of the seventh lunar month)
  蓬蔂丘譽田陵下〈蓬蔂、此云伊致寐姑〉...
  ...passing Ichibiko-no-oka (or Strawberry Hill), at the foot of the imperial tomb of Homuta (here, "strawberry" is read as i-chi-bi-ko)...

Descendants

Japanese: 苺, 莓 (ichigo)

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