烏頭

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (烏頭)		烏	頭
simp. (乌头)		乌	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wūtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tau^4-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wūtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wutóu
  - Wade–Giles: wu¹-tʻou²
  - Yale: wū-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utour
  - Palladius: утоу (utou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wu¹ tau^4-2
  - Yale: wū táu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ teo^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: oo-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: o'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

烏頭

(literary) head of a crow
(literary) head with black hair; (figurative) juniority; youth
(traditional Chinese medicine) aconite (Aconitum), especially the Chinese aconite (Aconitum carmichaelii)
grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
seeds of Euryale ferox (foxnut)
(archaic) outer joint on the hindleg of a bull or horse

Derived terms

烏頭白 / 乌头白
烏頭白馬生角 / 乌头白马生角
烏頭網 / 乌头网
烏頭馬角 / 乌头马角
烏頭鹼 / 乌头碱 (wūtóujiǎn)
馬角烏頭 / 马角乌头

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
う Jinmeiyō	ず Grade: 2
goon

Noun

烏(う)頭(ず) • (uzu) ^{←うづ (udu)^?}

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizomes of plants of genus Aconitum used as medicine

Derived terms

姫烏頭(ひめうず) (himeuzu)

See also

附子(ぶし) (bushi)
鳥兜(とりかぶと) (torikabuto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
からす Jinmeiyō	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

烏(からす)頭(がしら) • (karasugashira)

the tapered joint of the outside of a horse's hind leg

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
くわ Jinmeiyō	ゆき Grade: 2
irregular

Noun

烏(くわ)頭(ゆき) • (kuwayuki) ^{←くはゆき (kufayuki)^?}

the tapered joint of the outside of a horse's hind leg
(archaic) synonym of 鳥兜 (torikabuto, “monkshood, general term for a plant within the genus Aconitum”)