干し柿

See also: 乾し柿

Japanese

Kanji in this term
干	柿
ほ Grade: 6	かき > がき Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
干柿 乾し柿

乾し柿 (hoshigaki): hanging dried persimmons

乾し柿 (hoshigaki): cut and prepared dried persimmons

Etymology

From 干し (hoshi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 干す (hosu), “to dry, desiccate”) +‎ 柿 (kaki, “persimmon”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほし​がき [hòshíꜜgàkì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕiɡa̠kʲi]

Noun

干(ほ)し柿(がき) • (hoshigaki) 

1. dried persimmon

See also

• 柿(かき)餅(もち) (kakimochi)
• 祇(ぎ)園(おん)坊(ぼう) (Gion-bō)
• 粉(こ)が吹(ふ)く (ko ga fuku)
• Chinese: 柿餅／柿饼 (shìbǐng)
• Korean: 곶감 (gotgam)
• 干し柿 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Dried persimmon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia