天草

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
simp. and trad. (天草)		天	草

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 天草 (Amakusa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tiāncǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄘㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Tiāncǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tiantsao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proper noun

天草

(～市) Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
天	草
あま Grade: 1	くさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Proper noun

天草 (hiragana あまくさ, rōmaji Amakusa)

a city in Kumamoto Prefecture

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
天	草
てん Grade: 1	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

天草 (hiragana てんぐさ, katakana テングサ, rōmaji tengusa)

any of the red algae of the genus Gelidium
agar

See also

寒 (かん)天 (てん) (kanten)
心太 (ところてん) (tokoroten)

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