甘松

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	pine
trad. (甘松)		甘	松
simp. #(甘松)		甘	松

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānsōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄙㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānsōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄙㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gansong
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-sung¹
    • Yale: gān-sūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gansong
    • Palladius: ганьсун (ganʹsun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ cung⁴
    • Yale: gām chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

甘松

1. plant of genus Nardostachys
2. spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) Nardostachydis Radix seu Rhizoma, the root and rhizome of Nardostachys

Derived terms

• 匙叶甘松
• 甘松香

 

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
甘	松
Grade: S	Grade: 4
on’yomi	kan’on

From Middle Chinese 甘松 (MC kam zjowng).

Noun

甘松(かんしょう) • (kanshō) 

1. plants of genus Nardostachys
2. (in particular) spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi

Synonym: 甘松香 (kanshōkō)

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 カンショウ.