also: あんにん
apricot seed; apricot kernel
Refers to the seed inside an apricot pit, used in traditional Chinese medicine and as a flavoring in sweets like 杏仁豆腐.
Apricot kernels are sometimes used in traditional Chinese cough remedies.
Annin tofu is a dessert that makes use of the flavor of apricot kernels.
apricot kernel oil; apricot oil
Standard kanji spelling; reading きょうにん is the more common Sino-Japanese reading.
Alternate reading, often encountered in the compound 杏仁豆腐 (annin dōfu).
Sino-Japanese compound from 杏 (kyō, 'apricot') and 仁 (nin, 'kernel'). The reading あんにん is a variant likely influenced by Chinese or later borrowing.