矢車菊

Chinese

		arrow; dart	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	chrysanthemum
trad. (矢車菊)		矢	車	菊
simp. (矢车菊)		矢	车	菊

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐchējú

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄔㄜㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² ce¹ guk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐchējú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄔㄜㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhchejyú
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-chʻê¹-chü²
  - Yale: shř-chē-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyychejyu
  - Palladius: шичэцзюй (šičɛczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² ce¹ guk¹
  - Yale: chí chē gūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² tse¹ guk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² cé¹ gug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ kʊk̚⁵/

Noun

矢車菊

cornflower

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矢	車	菊
や Grade: 2	くるま > ぐるま Grade: 1	きく > ぎく Grade: S
kun'yomi		on'yomi

Noun

矢(や)車(ぐるま)菊(ぎく) or 矢車菊(ヤグルマギク) • (yagurumagiku)

cornflower, Centaurea cyanus

Usage notes

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