木通

Chinese

		tree; wood	go through; know well; to connect go through; know well; to connect; to communicate; open
trad. (木通)		木	通
simp. #(木通)		木	通

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùtōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ tung¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bhag⁸ tong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùtōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùtong
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tʻung¹
    • Yale: mù-tūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtong
    • Palladius: мутун (mutun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: muk⁶ tung¹
    • Yale: muhk tūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ tung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ tung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² tʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhag⁸ tong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ba̍k thong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bak̚⁴⁻² tʰoŋ³³/

Noun

木通

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) stem of the Akebia, especially Akebia quinata or Akebia trifoliata

Hypernyms

• 利濕藥／利湿药 (lìshīyào, “dampness-eliminating herbs”)

Derived terms

• 關木通 / 关木通 (guānmùtōng)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
木	通
あけび
Grade: 1	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
通草

For pronunciation and definitions of 木通 – see the following entry.

【あけびアケビ】 [noun] chocolate vine (Akebia quinata) [from late 800s CE] [noun] generic name for the genus Akebia [date uncertain] [noun] (slang) female genitalia [date uncertain] [noun] (criminal slang) the eye [from 1915] Alternative spellings 通草, 蓪

(This term, 木通, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
木	通
もく Grade: 1	つう Grade: 2
goon

Noun

木(もく)通(つう) • (mokutsū) 

1. synonym of 木通 (akebi, “chocolate vine, Akebia quinata”)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried chocolate vine wood used in medicine

References

• “〈木通〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026