also: あんにん
noun
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.
杏仁は咳止めの漢方薬に使われることがある。
Apricot kernels are sometimes used in traditional Chinese cough remedies.
杏仁豆
Annin tofu is a dessert that makes use of the flavor of apricot kernels.
A popular dessert made with apricot kernel flavoring; the reading あんにん is standard in this compound.
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.