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銀杏公孫樹鴨脚樹
いちょう [gikun] こうそんじゅ (公孫樹)イチョウ (nokanji)
1. [n] [uk]
▶ ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
▶ gingko
▶ maidenhair tree
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2554290 銀杏【ぎんなん】 1. ginkgo nut; gingko nut
  ⇐ see: 2065870 イチョウ科【イチョウか】 1. Ginkgoaceae (family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo)



History:
6. A 2025-11-19 11:19:25  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2025-11-19 03:27:50  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www.weblio.jp/content/銀杏#:~:text=漢字の「銀杏」は当て字,秋の季語である。

漢字の「銀杏」は当て字で「イチョウ」とも読まれる。また、「銀杏」と書いて「ぎんきょう」と読む場合がある。
  Comments:
I didn't realize "ginkgo" is not really recognized in modern Japanese. 

Chatgpt claims the English word *did* come from Japanese, but that "Japanese shifted toward everyday readings (いちょう, ぎんなん) over the 1700s–1800s."
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<re_inf>&gikun;</re_inf>
4. A 2011-04-21 09:11:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2011-04-21 08:58:17  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij
  Comments:
merge
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +7,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>公孫樹</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>鴨脚樹</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -9,0 +15,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>こうそんじゅ</reb>
+<re_restr>公孫樹</re_restr>
2. A 2010-06-25 05:53:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Needs to be split as it fails 2-out-of-3 rule.
  Diff:
@@ -14,3 +14,0 @@
-<r_ele>
-<reb>ぎんなん</reb>
-</r_ele>
@@ -18,2 +15,0 @@
-<stagr>いちょう</stagr>
-<stagr>イチョウ</stagr>
@@ -22,1 +17,2 @@
-<gloss>ginkgo (gingko) tree</gloss>
+<gloss>ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)</gloss>
+<gloss>gingko</gloss>
@@ -24,7 +20,0 @@
-<gloss>Ginkgo biloba</gloss>
-</sense>
-<sense>
-<stagr>ぎんなん</stagr>
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<misc>&uk;</misc>
-<gloss>nut of the ginkgo (gingko) tree</gloss>
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