甘草

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gāncǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâm-chhó
• Min Dong (BUC): găng-chō̤
• Min Nan (POJ): kam-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
    • Pinyin: gāncǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gantsao
    • IPA ^(key): /ka̠n⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 乾草／干草 甘草

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ cou²
    • Yale: gām chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâm-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam´ co`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam¹ co³
    • IPA: /kam²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: găng-chō̤
    • IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒo³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kam-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: kam-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kamzhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam³³ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Noun

甘草

1. licorice root (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)

Derived terms

• 炙甘草 (zhìgāncǎo)

See also

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)

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Japanese

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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かんぞー [kàńzóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) か​んぞー [káꜜǹzòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠nd͡zo̞ː]

Noun

甘草 (hiragana かんぞう, katakana カンゾウ, rōmaji kanzō, historical hiragana かんざう)

1. licorice

Synonyms

• 甘木 (あまき) (amaki) (obsolete)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 甘 (かん)草 (ぞう)エキス (kanzō ekisu, “licorice extract”)
• 甘 (かん)草 (ぞう)の丸吞 (まるの)み (kanzō no marunomi)

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

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あまくさ [àmákúsá] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) あま​くさ [àmáꜜkùsà] (Nakadaka – [2])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

甘草 (hiragana あまくさ, rōmaji amakusa)

1. licorice

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
甘	草
Grade: S	Grade: 1
Irregular

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

Alternative forms

• 甘木

Noun

甘草 (hiragana あまき, rōmaji amaki)

1. (obsolete) licorice

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Korean

Hanja in this term
甘	草

Noun

甘草 • (gamcho) (hangeul 감초)

1. Hanja form^? of 감초, “licorice”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
甘	草

Noun

甘草

1. Hán tự form of cam thảo, “licorice”