萱草

Chinese

		lemon daylily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (萱草)		萱	草
simp. ^#(萱草)		萱	草
alternative forms		諼草／谖草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuāncǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun¹ cou²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soan-chháu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuāncǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuancǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan¹-tsʻao³
  - Yale: sywān-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuantsao
  - Palladius: сюаньцао (sjuanʹcao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyun¹ cou²
  - Yale: hyūn chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün¹ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soan-chháu
  - Tâi-lô: suan-tsháu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soanzhao
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suan³³ t͡sʰau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰau⁴¹/

Noun

萱草

orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)

Synonyms

忘憂草／忘忧草 (wàngyōucǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萱	草
かん Jinmeiyō	そう > ぞう Grade: 1
jukujikun

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんぞー [kàńzóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠nd͡zo̞ː]

Noun

萱(かん)草(ぞう) or 萱草(カンゾウ) • (kanzō) ^{←くゎんざう (kwanzau)^?}

day-lily, specifically the orange day-lily, Hemerocallis fulva
Synonyms: 忘れ草 (wasuregusa), 甘菜 (amana)

Varieties

野萱草(のかんぞう) (nokanzō, “var. longituba”)
浜萱草(はまかんぞう) (hamakanzō, “var littorea”)
藪萱草(やぶかんぞう) (yabukanzō, “var. kwanso”)

Derived terms

萱草色(かんぞういろ) (kanzōiro)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
萱	草

Noun

萱草 • (hwoncho) (hangeul 훤초)

hanja form^? of 훤초