Meanings
noundaikon (plural daikons or daikon)
plural daikons
- An East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
- Closely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Synonyms: beauty heart radish, Chinese green radish, Chinese radish, Korean radish, lo bak, lo pak, Oriental radish, oriental radish
Synonyms & antonyms
nounClosely-related cultivars such as the enormous turnip-shaped Sakurajima or green-and-red watermelon radish.
Similar
Chinese white radishdaikon radishicicle radishJapanese radishlong white radishmoolimulimooleRaphanus sativus subsp. OleiferusRaphanus sativus var. hortensis BackerRaphanus sativus var. longipinnatus L.H. BaileyRaphanus sativus var. oleifera StokesRaphanus sativus var. oleiformis Pers.white radishfodder radishforage radishoil radishoilseed radishradish rippertillage radishSakurajima radish
More synonyms by meaning
nounradish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked
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Broader
radish plantradish
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Japanese大根“big root”
- Englishdaikon
From Japanese 大根 (daikon, “big root”).
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Arabic فِجْل, دَايْكُون
- فِجْل (fijl)large white radish
- دَايْكُون (dāykūn)large white radish
Bengali মূলা
- মূলা (mula)large white radish
Bulgarian дайко́н
- дайко́н (dajkón)large white radish
Catalan daikon, rave blanc
- daikonlarge white radish
- rave blanclarge white radish
- rave japonèslarge white radish
- rave xinèslarge white radish
- lo boklarge white radish
- moolilarge white radish
Chinese Cantonese 蘿蔔 /萝卜, 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜
- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (lo⁴ baak⁶)large white radish
- 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜 (baak⁶ lo⁴ baak⁶)large white radish
Chinese Mandarin 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜, 蘿蔔 /萝卜
- 白蘿蔔 /白萝卜 (báiluóbo)large white radish
- 蘿蔔 /萝卜 (luóbo)large white radish
- 菜頭 /菜头 (càitóu)large white radish
Czech ředkev setá bílá, daikon
- ředkev setá bílálarge white radish
- daikonlarge white radish
Danish Kinaradisen, Japan-Ræddike
- Kinaradisenlarge white radish
- Japan-Ræddikelarge white radish
Dutch Daikon, witte rammenas
- Daikonlarge white radish
- witte rammenaslarge white radish
- winter-radijslarge white radish
- Japanse radijslarge white radish
- Chinese radijslarge white radish
Esperanto dajkono
- dajkonolarge white radish
Finnish valkoretikka
- valkoretikkalarge white radish
French radis blanc, radis d'hiver
- radis blanclarge white radish
- radis d'hiverlarge white radish
- radis chinoislarge white radish
- daïkonlarge white radish
- radis japonaislarge white radish
German Daikon, chinesischer Rettich
- Daikonlarge white radish
- chinesischer Rettichlarge white radish
- Daikon-Rettichlarge white radish
- Japanischer Rettichlarge white radish
- Winterrettichlarge white radish
- Moolilarge white radish
Greek νταϊκόν
- νταϊκόν (ntaïkón)large white radish
Hindi मूली
- मूली (mūlī)large white radish
Hungarian daikon, japán retek
- daikonlarge white radish
- japán reteklarge white radish
- kínai reteklarge white radish
- jégcsapreteklarge white radish
Indonesian lobak, daikon
- lobaklarge white radish
- daikonlarge white radish
Italian daikon, ravanello cinese
- daikonlarge white radish
- ravanello cineselarge white radish
- ravanello giapponeselarge white radish
- ravanello invernalelarge white radish
Japanese 大根, 蘿蔔
- 大根 (daikon)large white radish
- 蘿蔔 (rafuku)large white radish
Korean 무, 조선무
- 무 (mu)large white radish
- 조선무 (joseonmu)large white radish
Latvian Japānas redīss
- Japānas redīsslarge white radish
Malay lobak, lobak putih
- lobaklarge white radish
- lobak putihlarge white radish
Persian دایکون
- دایکونlarge white radish
Polish rzodkiew japońska, daikon
- rzodkiew japońskalarge white radish
- daikonlarge white radish
Portuguese daikon
- daikonlarge white radish
Russian дайко́н, япо́нская ре́дька
- дайко́н (dajkón)large white radish
- япо́нская ре́дька (japónskaja rédʹka)large white radish
- кита́йская ре́дька (kitájskaja rédʹka)large white radish
Spanish rábano blanco
- rábano blancolarge white radish
Swedish trädgårdsrättika
- trädgårdsrättikalarge white radish
Thai ผักกาดหัว
- ผักกาดหัวlarge white radish
Turkish daikon, Beyaz Turp
- daikonlarge white radish
- Beyaz Turplarge white radish
- Japon turpularge white radish
- Oryantal turplarge white radish
- Çin turplarge white radish
Ukrainian дайко́н, япо́нська ре́дька
- дайко́н (dajkón)large white radish
- япо́нська ре́дька (japónsʹka rédʹka)large white radish
- кита́йська ре́дька (kytájsʹka rédʹka)large white radish
Urdu مولی
- مولی (molī)large white radish
Vietnamese củ cải trắng
- củ cải trắnglarge white radish
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with daikon
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Cite this entry
APA
daikon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daikon
MLA
“daikon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daikon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daikon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daikon.
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