桔梗

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Chinese

tangerine; Platycodon grandiflorus stem
simp. and trad.
(桔梗) 		桔 梗
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Pronunciation

Rime
Character 桔 梗
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屑 (87) 庚 (109)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV II
Fanqie 古屑切 古杏切
Baxter ket kaengX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ket̚/ /kˠæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ket̚/ /kᵚaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛt̚/ /kaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛt̚/ /kaɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ket̚/ /kɐŋX/
Wang
Li 		/kiet̚/ /kɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiet̚/ /kɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jie gěng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		git3 gang2

Noun

桔梗

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) The root of the balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus).

Japanese

Commons
Commons
桔梗 (kikyō): the Chinese bellflower

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
桔 梗
き
Jinmeiyō 		きょう
Grade: S
yutōyomi
 桔梗 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Platycodon grandiflorus on Wikipedia

/kikjau/ → /kikjɔː/ → /kikjoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋX). Compare modern Cantonese reading git3 gang2.

Pronunciation

Noun

桔(き)梗(きょう) or 桔梗(キキョウ) • (kikyō) ←ききやう (kikyau)?

  1. platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
    Synonym: 朝顔 (asagao)
    Hypernym: 秋の七草
    Coordinate terms: 萩, 尾花, 葛, 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗
Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
桔 梗
きち
Jinmeiyō 		こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

/kitikau/ → /kit͡ɕikɔː/ → /kit͡ɕikoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋX), using alternate kanji readings.

This reading is less common than kikyō above, and may be obsolete.

Pronunciation

Noun

桔(きち)梗(こう) • (kichikō) 

  1. (possibly obsolete) platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
桔梗

Noun

桔梗 • (gilgyeong) (hangeul 길경)

  1. Hanja form? of 길경.
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