桔梗

桔梗

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) The root of the balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus).

/kikjau/ → /kikjɔː/ → /kikjoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋ^X). Compare modern Cantonese reading git³ gang².

• (Tokyo) ききょー [kìkyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kʲi̥kʲo̞ː]

桔(き)梗(きょう) or 桔梗(キキョウ) • (kikyō) ^{←ききやう (kikyau)?}

1. platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus

   Synonyms: 桔梗 (kichikō), 朝顔 (asagao)

   Hypernym: 秋の七草

   Coordinate terms: 萩, 尾花, 葛, 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗

2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Platycodon grandiflorus used in medicines
3. a 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “colour layering”) of 二藍 (futai, “overdyed-purple”) and 青 (ao, “blue-green”)
4. short for 桔梗色 (kikyō-iro, “a shade of bluish purple”)
5. a 紋 (mon, “crest”) in a Chinese bellflower pattern

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

桔(き)梗(きょう) • (Kikyō) ^{←ききやう (Kikyau)?}

1. a female given name

/kitikau/ → /kit͡ɕikɔː/ → /kit͡ɕikoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋ^X), using alternate kanji readings.^[1]

This reading is less common than kikyō above, and may be obsolete.

• IPA^(key): [kʲit͡ɕiko̞ː]

桔(きち)梗(こう) • (kichikō) 

1. (possibly obsolete) synonym of 桔梗 (kikyō, “platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus”)
2. a 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “colour layering”) of 二藍 (futai, “overdyed-purple”) and 青 (ao, “blue-green”)

桔梗 • (gilgyeong) (hangeul 길경)

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