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Japanese radish
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This article is about true daikon or Japanese radish. For long white radish, see Daikon.
Daikon (大根, literally "big root") is a generic term for radish in Japanese language. For example, European radish is called hatsukadaikon (廿日大根) in Japan. In the West, the word daikon sometimes refers to long white Asian radish varieties and sometimes Japanese radish varieties. When it is necessary to distinguish the usual Japanese form from others, it is sometimes known as Japanese radish[1] or "true daikon".[2]
- Hatsukadaikon (廿日大根)
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Japanese radish (true daikon) | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 日本蘿蔔 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 日本萝卜 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | "Japanese radish" | ||||||||
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Hangul | 왜무 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Wae radish | ||||||||
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Kanji | 大根 | ||||||||
Kana | だいこん | ||||||||
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