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. plant of genus Nardostachys
2. spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi

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.