蓬蔂

See also: 蓬虆

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Etymology

Compound of (i-, prefix expressing sacredness) + (ti, blood) + (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)

  1. 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

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