虎杖

Chinese

		tiger	cane, walking stick
trad. (虎杖)		虎	杖
simp. #(虎杖)		虎	杖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zoeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thiōng / hó͘-tiōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔjhàng
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-chang⁴
    • Yale: hǔ-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huujanq
    • Palladius: хучжан (xučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: fú jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thiōng
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-thiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoftiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofdiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/

Noun

虎杖

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum, an herb used as a natural laxative)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 虎杖 (“Japanese knotweed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		虎杖
Taxonomic name		虎杖
Mandarin	Taiwan	虎杖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	虎杖
Gan	Lichuan	酸梗
Southern Min	Xiamen	血三七

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虎杖):

• → Korean: 호장(虎杖) (hojang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	杖
いたどり
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Etymology

Uncertain. One explanation is that it is a blend of 痛(いた)み (itami, “pain”) + 取(と)り (tori, “removal”); alluding to the plant's medicinal value. The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji is an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いたどり [ìtádórí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いた​どり [ìtáꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ita̠do̞ɾʲi]

Noun

虎杖(いたどり) or 虎杖(イタドリ) • (itadori) 

1. (botany) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum)

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 イタドリ.