玉竹

Chinese

		jade	bamboo
simp. and trad. (玉竹)		玉	竹

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): juk⁶ zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùjhú
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chu²
  - Yale: yù-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhjwu
  - Palladius: юйчжу (jujčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ zuk¹
  - Yale: yuhk jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

玉竹

Polygonatum odoratum (a species of flowering plant used as a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine)

Synonyms

萎蕤 (wěiruí)
葳蕤 (wēiruí)

Hypernyms

補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
藥材／药材 (yàocái)

Derived terms

海玉竹 (hǎiyùzhú)
甜玉竹 (tiányùzhú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玉	竹
ぎょく Grade: 1	ちく Grade: 1
kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

玉(ぎょく)竹(ちく) • (gyokuchiku)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Polygonatum odoratum used in medicine

See also

甘野老(アマドコロ) (amadokoro)