蘇枋

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (蘇枋)		蘇	枋
simp. (苏枋)		苏	枋

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sepang, whence also English sappanwood.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sūfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄈㄤ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so͘-hong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sūfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sufang
  - Wade–Giles: su¹-fang¹
  - Yale: sū-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sufang
  - Palladius: суфан (sufan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-hong
  - Tâi-lô: soo-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: so'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

蘇枋

(～木) sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蘇	枋
す Jinmeiyō	ほう > おう Hyōgai
goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 蘇枋 – see the following entry.

【蘇芳すおう】

[noun] sappanwood (Biancaea sappan)

[noun] (commonly used in dyeing) a shade of deep red

Alternative spellings
蘇方, 須房, スオウ

(This term, 蘇枋, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)