大根

Hachijō

Kanji in this term
大	根
でー Grade: 1	こん Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

(Mitsune) IPA^(key): [deːko], [dʑaːko]
(Okago, Sueyoshi) IPA^(key): [deːko]
(Kashitate) IPA^(key): [dʑaːko]
(Nakanogo) IPA^(key): [diaˑkoɴ]

Noun

大根(でーこん) (dēkon)

daikon

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
大	根
おお Grade: 1	ね Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From 大(おお) (ō, “big, great”) + 根(ね) (ne, “root”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːne̞]

Noun

大(おお)根(ね) • (ōne)

archaic form of 大根 (daikon)
the fundamental root or origin of something

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
大	根
だい Grade: 1	こん Grade: 3
goon

On'yomi form of the native Japanese word 大根(おおね) (ōne).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいこん [dàíkóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [da̠ikõ̞ɴ]

Noun

大(だい)根(こん) • (daikon)

daikon, a large white variety of radish native to East Asia
Synonyms: 蘿蔔 (suzushiro), 大根 (ōne), 心太 (kokorobuto), 鏡草 (kagami-gusa)
(acting) a ham, an actor known for an exaggerated, over-wrought style

Noun

大根(でこん) • (dekon)

(Kagoshima) daikon

Derived terms

大根役者(だいこんやくしゃ) (daikon'yakusha)
沼大根(ヌマダイコン) (numadaikon)
花大根(ハナダイコン) (hanadaikon)
山葵大根(わさびだいこん) (wasabidaikon): horseradish

See also

莱菔子(らいふくし) (raifukushi)

References

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