紫菀

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	luxuriance of growth
trad. (紫菀)		紫	菀
simp. #(紫菀)		紫	菀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǎn [Phonetic: zíwǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wan³
    • Yale: dž-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywoan
    • Palladius: цзывань (czyvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 紫菀

1. an aster, a Michaelmas daisy: , one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese medicine

References

• 紫菀 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	菀
し Grade: S	おん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 紫苑

Noun

紫(し)菀(おん) • (shion) ^{←しをん (siwon)?} (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji shioni, historical hiragana しをに)

1. Alternative spelling of 紫苑: an aster, a Michaelmas daisy:

Proper noun

紫(し)菀(おん) or 紫菀(proper) • (shion or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|しおん]] (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji Shioni, historical hiragana しをに) (alternative reading hiragana しえん, rōmaji Shien, historical hiragana しゑん)

1. Alternative spelling of 紫苑: a female given name