椎茸

椎茸

1. shiitake

• 香菇 (xiānggū)
• 香蕈 (xiāngxùn)

Compound of 椎 (shī, “shii or chinquapin tree”) +‎ 茸 (take, “mushroom”), as the mushroom is typically found on logs from the shii or chinquapin tree.^[1][2][3]

First cited to 1419.^[1]

• (Tokyo) しいたけ [shíꜜìtàkè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[3][4][5]
• IPA^(key): [ɕiːta̠ke̞]

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椎(しい)茸(たけ) or 椎茸(シイタケ) • (shītake) ^{←しひたけ (sifitake) or シヒタケ (sifitake)?}

1. [from 1419] shiitake, a type of edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes)

   Synonym: 香蕈 (kōtake)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as シイタケ (shītake).

• → English: shiitake