紅木

See also: 红木

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	tree; wood
trad. (紅木)		紅	木
simp. (红木)		红	木
Literally: “red wood”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung⁴ muk⁶
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghon-moq

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngmù
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-mu⁴
    • Yale: húng-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngmuh
    • Palladius: хунму (xunmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ mu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung⁴ muk⁶
    • Yale: hùhng muhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung⁴ muk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung⁴ mug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ²¹ mʊk̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghon-moq
    • MiniDict: ghon^去 moh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhon-moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦoŋ²² moʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

紅木

1. Any tropical hardwood whose wood is reddish in color, used to make Chinese furniture and musical instruments.

See also

• 紫檀 (zǐtán)
• 花梨木 (huālímù)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紅	木
こう Grade: 6	き Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

紅(こう)木(き) or 紅木(コウキ) • (kōki) 

1. red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus

   Synonym: 紫檀 (shitan)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紅	木
べに(の) Grade: 6	き Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Noun

紅木(べにのき) • (beni no ki) 

1. Alternative spelling of 紅の木 (beni no ki, “achiote, Bixa orellana”)