シナ

See also: しな

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of シナ – see the following entry.

【支那しな】

[proper noun] (prewar, often considered derogatory, offensive in modern speech, ethnic slur) China

[proper noun] (offensive, ethnic slur) Ryukyuan people

(This term, シナ (shina), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
支奈

From Latin cina, variously given as short for Artemisia cina ("Chinese artemisia"), or Semen cina ("Chinese seed").^[1] The kanji used are ateji.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) シナ [shíꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕina̠]

Noun

シナ or しな • (shina)

Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina: also known as santonica, Levant wormseed, and wormseed; an herbaceous perennial of the daisy family, historically used as a vermifugic anthelmintic (a drug to rid the body of parasitic worms)

Synonyms

シナヨモギ (shina yomogi)
セメンシナ (semen shina)

Etymology 3

Alternative spellings
品科

Appears to be a shift in sense from 科 (shina, “one's appearance and impression on others”), in turn from 品 (shina, “goods; type, quality”). First attested in a text from 1775.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しな [shìná] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
(Tokyo) しな [shìnáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[3]^[5]^[6]
(Tokyo) しな [shíꜜnà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3]^[4]^[6]
IPA^(key): [ɕina̠]

Noun

シナ • (shina)

[from 1775] (said mainly of a woman)^[3]^[7]^[8] coquettishness, flattery: a pretense of pleasantness, often in an attempt to gain favor or affection
- 1904, 木下尚江, 火の柱:
  
  一(いち)同(どう)シナを作(つく)って「ほんとうに長谷川(はせがわ)の奥(おく)様(さん)の仰(お)っしゃいます通(とお)りで御(ご)座(ざ)いますよ、オホホホホホホホ」
  Ichidō shina o tsukutte “hontō ni Hasegawa no okusan no osshaimasu tōri de gozaimasu yo, ohohohohohohoho”
  Everyone, with a pretense of pleasantness: "Exactly, you are absolutely correct, Lady Hasegawa, ho ho ho ho ho ho."

Usage notes

Often found in the constructions 科を作る (shina o tsukuru) and 科をする (shina o suru, “to behave coquettishly”).

References

^ “The guiding symptoms of our materia medica, Volume 4”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], University of California, 1884, retrieved 29 May 2012
^ “シナ【支奈】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 “しな【品・科・階】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ “品”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[1] “The guiding symptoms of our materia medica, Volume 4”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1], University of California, 1884, retrieved 29 May 2012

[KDJ2Osp-2] “シナ【支奈】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[KDJ2-coquettishness-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 “しな【品・科・階】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[3] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[DJR-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] 5.0 ^5.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK5-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DDJS-coquettishness-7] “品”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[4] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[K-8] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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