青鶏頭

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
けい > げい
Grade: S
とう
Grade: 2
kun'yomi kan'on
Alternative spelling
靑鷄頭 (kyūjitai)
 アオゲイトウ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From (あお) (ao, blue, green) + 鶏頭(けいとう) (keitō, plumed cockscomb). The keitō changes to geitō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

(あお)(げい)(とう) or 青鶏頭(アオゲイトウ) (aogeitōあをげいとう (awogeitou) or アヲゲイトウ (awogeitou)?

  1. red-root amaranth, Amaranthus retroflexus