甘草

Chinese

sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (甘草) 甘 草
simp. #(甘草) 甘 草

Pronunciation

Noun

甘草

  1. licorice root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)

Derived terms

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘 草
かん
Grade: S		 そう > ぞう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 甘草

Pronunciation

Noun

甘草 (hiragana かんぞう, katakana カンゾウ, rōmaji kanzō, historical hiragana かんざう)

  1. licorice
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”)

Pronunciation

Noun

甘草 (hiragana あまくさ, rōmaji amakusa)

  1. licorice

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
甘 草
Grade: S Grade: 1
Irregular

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

Noun

甘草 (hiragana あまき, rōmaji amaki)

  1. (obsolete) licorice

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
甘草

Noun

甘草 • (gamcho) (hangeul 감초)

  1. Hanja form? of 감초 (“licorice”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
甘草

Noun

甘草

  1. Hán tự form of cam thảo, “licorice”
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