消化

Chinese

consume; news; subside
consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish
 
to make into; to change into; ‑ization
to make into; to change into; ‑ization; to ... ‑ize; to transform
 
trad. (消化)
simp. #(消化)

Pronunciation


Verb

消化

  1. (literally) to digest (food)
  2. (figuratively) to think over; to process; to digest
  3. (literary) to melt; to dissolve

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 消化 (MC sjew xwaeH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)() • (shōkaせうくわ (seukwa)?

  1. digestion
  2. assimilation
  3. consumption

Derived terms

Verb

(しょう)()する • (shōka suruせうくわ (seukwa)?suru (stem (しょう)() (shōka shi), past (しょう)()した (shōka shita))

  1. to digest

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

消化 • (sohwa) (hangeul 소화)

  1. hanja form? of 소화 (digestion)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

消化

  1. chữ Hán form of tiêu hoá (to digest)