球根

Chinese

		ball; sphere	radical (chem.); root; basis
simp. and trad. (球根)		球	根

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiúgēn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴ gan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiúgēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄍㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióugen
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²-kên¹
  - Yale: chyóu-gēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyougen
  - Palladius: цюгэнь (cjugɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ kən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kau⁴ gan¹
  - Yale: kàuh gān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴ gan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴ gen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹ kɐn⁵⁵/

Noun

球根

bulb, corm, or tuber (swollen underground portion of a plant)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
球	根
きゅう Grade: 3	こん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きゅうこん [kyùúkóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [kʲɨːkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

球(きゅう)根(こん) • (kyūkon) ^{←きうこん (kiukon)^?}

(botany) bulb, corm, or tuber (swollen underground portion of a plant)

See also

鱗茎(りんけい) (rinkei, “bulb”)
塊根(かいこん) (kaikon, “tuberous root”)
球茎(きゅうけい) (kyūkei, “corm”)
芋(いも) (imo, “tuber”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“球根”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026