天麻

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	(to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp (to have) pins and needles; tingling; hemp; numb; to bother
trad. (天麻)		天	麻
simp. ^#(天麻)		天	麻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiānmá

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ maa⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiānmá
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢㄇㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tianmá
  - Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-ma²
  - Yale: tyān-má
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianma
  - Palladius: тяньма (tjanʹma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ mä³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tin¹ maa⁴
  - Yale: tīn màh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ maa⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ ma⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ maː²¹/

Noun

天麻

Rhizome of Gastrodia elata (a herb in traditional Chinese medicine to treat depression, epilepsy and migraine.)

See also

平肝药 (pínggān yào) ("liver-calming" medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)
药材 (yàocái) (medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine)

References

天麻 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
http://www.nciku.com/

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	麻
てん Grade: 1	ま Grade: S
on'yomi	tōon

Noun

天(てん)麻(ま) • (tenma)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizome of Gastrodia elata used in medicine

See also

鬼(オニ)の矢柄(ヤガラ) (oninoyagara)