車前子

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See also: 车前子

Chinese

front of the car
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
 
trad. (車前子) 車前 子
simp. (车前子) 车前 子

Pronunciation

Noun

車前子

  1. seed of the Plantago asiatica (a seed used in traditional Chinese medicine to reduce "damp-heat" and treat sexual dysfunction)

Synonyms

References

  • 车前子 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
  • Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
車 前 子
しゃ
Grade: 1 		ぜん
Grade: 2 		し
Grade: 1
on'yomi goon on'yomi

Etymology

車前(しゃぜん) (shazen, “Plantago asiatica”) + 子(し) (shi, “child, fruit, seed”)

Pronunciation

Noun

車(しゃ)前(ぜん)子(し) • (shazenshi) 

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) seed of Plantago asiatica used in medicine

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