天南星

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天南星)		天	南	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānnánxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnánxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiannánsing
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nan²-hsing¹
  - Yale: tyān-nán-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannanshing
  - Palladius: тяньнаньсин (tjanʹnanʹsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天南星

Rhizome of the Arisaema (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	南	星
てん Grade: 1	なん Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon	goon

Noun

天(てん)南(なん)星(しょう) • (tennanshō)

Jack-in-the-pulpit, a general term for plants of genus Arisaema
Synonym: 虎の尾 (tora no o)
(traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizomes of Arisaema

Middle Korean

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 天南星 (MC then nom seng).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽tʰjɘ̀nnàmsjɘ̀ŋ⫽
Dongguk Jeongun: [텬남셔ᇰ]

Noun

天(텬)南(남)星(셔ᇰ) (THYÈN.NÀM.SYÈNG)

tian nan xing (a flowering plant of the species Arisaema amurense, native to East Asia, whose roots are used for traditional medicine)
Synonym: 두야〮머〮주〮저기〮 (twùyámécwúcèkí)
- 1466, Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해) 上:1b^[1]:
  믄득〮中(듀ᇰ)風(보ᇰ)ᄒᆞ니〮 고티〮ᄂᆞᆫ〮法(법〮)은 도〮렫고〮 ᄒᆡᆫ〮 天(텬)南(남)星(셔ᇰ)을 저 즌〮 죠ᄒᆡ〮예〮 ᄡᅡ〮 구 으〮니 와〮
  mùntúk TYWÙNG.PWÒNG-hò-ní kwòthí-nón PÉP-ùn twólyèt-kwó hóy-n THYEN.NAM.SYENG-ùl cèc-ún cywòhóyy-éy ps-á kwù-ún-ì-wá
  The way to cure someone who has suddenly suffered a stroke is to take the roots of round and white tian nan xing, wrapped in wet paper and baked...

Descendants

Korean: 천남성(天南星) (cheonnamseong)