鬱金

See also: 郁金

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	metal; gold; money
trad. (鬱金)		鬱	金
simp. (郁金)		郁	金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ gam¹
Min Nan (POJ): ut-kim / it-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yùjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwjin
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    鬱金／郁金
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ gam¹
  - Yale: wāt gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ gem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ut-kim
  - Tâi-lô: ut-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: utkym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-kim
  - Tâi-lô: it-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itkym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɨut̚ kˠiɪm/▼

Rime
Character	鬱	金
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	紆物切	居吟切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/	/kjim/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/	/kĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu	jīn

Noun

鬱金

zedoary, the root of Curcuma zedoaria (used as an herb in traditional Chinese medicine)

Derived terms

鬱金香／郁金香 (yùjīnxiāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬱	金
うち > う Grade: S	こん Grade: 1
Irregular

Alternative forms

欝金

Etymology

/uti komu/ → */utukon/ → /ukkoɴ/ → /ukoɴ/

From Middle Chinese 鬱金 (MC ʔɨut̚ kˠiɪm). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) うこん [ùkóń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

鬱金 (hiragana うこん, katakana ウコン, rōmaji ukon)

turmeric (Curcuma longa, Curcuma domestica)
Synonyms: 黄染草 (kizomegusa), ターメリック (tāmerikku)

Hypernym: 生姜 (shōga)
a dye extracted from the rhizome of the turmeric
Short for 鬱金色 (ukon-iro): saffron yellow
a cherry blossom cultivar, Prunus lannesiana
Hypernym: 里桜 (satozakura)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ウコン.

Derived terms

Derived terms

鬱 (う)金 (こん)色 (いろ) (ukon-iro, “saffron yellow”)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)空 (ウツ)木 (ギ) (ukon utsugi)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)粉 (こ) (ukon-ko)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)香 (コウ) (ukonkō), 鬱 (ウッ)金 (コン)香 (コウ) (ukkonkō, “tulip”)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)染 (ぞめ), 鬱 (う)金 (こん)染 (ぞ)め (ukon-zome)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)花 (バナ) (ukonbana)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)木 (も)綿 (めん) (ukon momen)
葛 (クズ)鬱 (ウ)金 (コン) (kuzu-ukon)
紅 (べに)鬱 (う)金 (こん) (beni ukon)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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