ききょう

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See also: きぎょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ききょう – see the following entries.
帰郷
return to one's hometown
to return to one's hometown
桔梗
platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Platycodon grandiflorus used in medicines
a 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, colour layering) of 二藍 (futai, overdyed-purple) and (ao, blue-green)
Short for 桔梗色 (kikyō-iro, a shade of bluish purple).
a (mon, crest) in a Chinese bellflower pattern
Alternative spelling
キキョウ
(This term, ききょう (kikyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)