茴香

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Chinese

fennel
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
 
trad. (茴香)
simp. #(茴香)
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Noun

茴香

  1. fennel
  2. Short for 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng, “star anise; aniseed”).

Synonyms

  • (fennel): 蘹香 (huáixiāng)
  • (star anise):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茴香):
  • Japanese: 茴香(ういきょう) (uikyō)
  • Korean: 회향(茴香) (hoehyang)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うい
Hyōgai
きょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi
 ウイキョウ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 茴香 (MC hwoj xjang).

Pronunciation

Noun

(うい)(きょう) or 茴香(ウイキョウ) (uikyōういきやう (uikyau)?

  1. fennel
    Synonym: フェンネル

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

茴香 (hoehyang) (hangeul 회향)

  1. hanja form? of 회향 (fennel)