黄蘗

From 黄(き) (ki, “yellow”) + 肌(はだ) (hada, “skin”), a reference to the bright yellow colour of the tree's inner bark. The second kanji 蘗 replaces 肌 as an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃蘗／黄蘗 (huángbò), in Chinese more commonly written 黃檗／黄檗 (huángbò).

• (Tokyo) きはだ (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

黄(き)蘗(はだ) • (kihada) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
2. Short for 黄蘗色 (“bright yellow”).

• (Tokyo) きわだ (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

黄(き)蘗(わだ) • (kiwada) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)

Chinese 黃蘗／黄蘗 (huángbò), in Chinese more commonly written 黃檗／黄檗 (huángbò).

• (Tokyo) おーばく (Heiban – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

黄(おう)蘗(ばく) • (ōbaku) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
2. an extract of the bark of the Amur cork tree, used for its brilliant yellow colour as a dye and in traditional Chinese medicine
3. Alternative spelling of 黄檗 (“Ōbaku sect of Zen Buddhism”)

• 黄蘗紙(おうばくし) (ōbakushi)

The tree is most commonly written and pronounced with the kun'yomi reading as 黄蘗(きはだ) (kihada), but may also be written as 黄檗 and pronounced as きわだ (kiwada) or with the on'yomi reading おうばく (ōbaku). The extract of the tree used as dye or medicine is read おうばく (ōbaku) and is usually written as 黄蘗(おうばく) (ōbaku), but may also be written 黄檗(おうばく) (ōbaku) or 黄柏(おうばく) (ōbaku). The Buddhist sect is invariably pronounced おうばく (Ōbaku) and is usually written as 黄檗(おうばく) (ōbaku).