独活

See also: 獨活

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独活 *– see 獨活 (“root of Angelica pubescens”).* (This term is the simplified form of 獨活).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
独	活
うど
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
獨活 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うど [úꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟do̞]

Noun

独活(うど) or 独活(ウド) • (udo)

Japanese spikenard, Aralia cordata

Derived terms

独活(ウド)の木(キ) (udo no ki, “Pisonia umbellifera”)
独活(うど)の大木(たいぼく) (udo no taiboku, “good-for-nothing”)
猪独活(シシウド) (shishi udo)
花独活(ハナウド) (hana udo, “Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum”)
浜独活(ハマウド) (hama udo)
深山独活(ミヤマウド) (miyama udo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
独	活
どく > どっ Grade: 5	かつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
獨活 (kyūjitai)

Borrowed from Chinese 獨活 / 独活 (dúhuó).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) どっかつ [dòkkátsú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [do̞k̚ka̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

独(どっ)活(かつ) • (dokkatsu) ^{←どくくわつ (dokukwatu)^?}

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried root of Japanese spikenard used in medicine

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
独	活
つちたら
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
獨活 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡sɨt͡ɕita̠ɾa̠]

Noun

独活(つちたら) • (tsuchitara)

(obsolete) Japanese spikenard

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN