芳草

Chinese

		fragrant	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (芳草)		芳	草
simp. ^#(芳草)		芳	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāngcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāngcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fangcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: fang¹-tsʻao³
  - Yale: fāng-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangtsao
  - Palladius: фанцао (fancao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ cou²
  - Yale: fōng chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: phjang tshawX

Rime
Character	芳	草
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	敷方切	采老切
Baxter	phjang	tshawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ/	/t͡sʰaw^X/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	cǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong¹	cou²

Noun

芳草

fragrant grass; green grass

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (芳草):

→ Japanese: 芳草(ほうそう) (hōsō)
→ Korean: 방초(芳草) (bangcho)
→ Vietnamese: phương thảo (芳草)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芳	草
ほう Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほーそー [hòósóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

芳(ほう)草(そう) • (hōsō) ^{←はうさう (fausau)^?}

fragrant grass

References

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