甘草

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Chinese

sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (甘草) 甘 草
simp. #(甘草) 甘 草
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Pronunciation

Noun

甘草

  1. licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)
  2. (figurative) supporting character; minor character
    甘草演員／甘草演员  ―  gāncǎo yǎnyuán  ―  supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 甘草 (“licorice”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘草
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 甘草
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 甘草
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 甘草
Cantonese Hong Kong 甘草
Gan Nanchang 甘草
Lichuan 甘草
Hakka Yudu 甘草
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 甘草
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 甘草
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 甘草
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 甘草
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 甘草
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 甘草
Jin Taiyuan 甜根草, 甜草根兒
Southern Min Xiamen 甘草
Quanzhou 甘草
Zhangzhou 甘草
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 甘草
Wu Suzhou 甘草
Danyang 甘草
Xiang Loudi 甘草

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (甘草):

Others:

See also

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘 草
かん
Grade: S 		そう > ぞう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Middle Chinese 甘草

Pronunciation

Noun

甘(かん)草(ぞう) or 甘草(カンゾウ) • (kanzō) ←かんざう (kanzau)?

  1. licorice
    Synonyms: (obsolete) 蕗草 (rosō), 甘木 (amaki)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘 草
あま
Grade: S 		くさ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”)

Pronunciation

Noun

甘(あま)草(くさ) • (amakusa) 

  1. licorice

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
甘 草
あま
Grade: S 		き
Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
甘木

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Pronunciation

Noun

甘(あま)草(き) • (amaki) 

  1. (obsolete) licorice

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
甘草

Noun

甘草 • (gamcho) (hangeul 감초)

  1. hanja form? of 감초 (“licorice”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
甘草

Noun

甘草

  1. chữ Hán form of cam thảo (“licorice”).
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