小米草

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Chinese

		hulled grain of foxtail millet	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (小米草)		小米	草
simp. ^#(小米草)		小米	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎomǐcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomǐcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomǐcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mi³-tsʻao³
  - Yale: syǎu-mǐ-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumiitsao
  - Palladius: сяомицао (sjaomicao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

小米草

eyebright

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	米	草
こ Grade: 1	こめ > ごめ Grade: 2	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “crushed rice grass”, 小米(こごめ) (kogome, “tiny crushed up bits of rice”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

小(こ)米(ごめ)草(ぐさ) • (kogomegusa)

Synonym of 伊吹小米草 (Ibuki kogome-gusa, “Euphrasia insignis subsp. iinumae, a species of eyebright”)

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