赤豆

Chinese

		red; scarlet; bare red; scarlet; bare; naked	bean; sacrificial vessel
simp. and trad. (赤豆)		赤	豆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chìdòu

(Zhuyin): ㄔˋ ㄉㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cek³ dau^6-2
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷tshaq-deu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chìdòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˋ ㄉㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chìhdòu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih⁴-tou⁴
  - Yale: chr̀-dòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyhdow
  - Palladius: чидоу (čidou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ toʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cek³ dau^6-2
  - Yale: chek dáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsek⁸ dau^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: cég³ deo^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːk̚³ tɐu̯²²⁻³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁷tshaq-deu₆
  - MiniDict: tshah^入 deu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tshaq-deu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰaʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰɑʔ⁵⁵ døy⁵²³/

Noun

赤豆

Alternative name for 赤小豆 (chìxiǎodòu, “rice bean (Vigna umbellata)”).
Alternative name for 紅豆／红豆 (hóngdòu, “azuki bean (Vigna angularis)”).

Japanese

Etymology

From 赤 (aka) +‎ 豆 (mame). Literally “red beans”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ma̠me̞]

Noun

赤豆(あかまめ) • (akamame)

(card games, hanafuda) The suit of bush clover in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of July
Synonym: 萩 (hagi)

See also

Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text)
1月 (ichigatsu)	2月 (nigatsu)	3月 (sangatsu)	4月 (shigatsu)	5月 (gogatsu)	6月 (rokugatsu)

松 (matsu)	梅 (ume)	桜 (sakura)	藤 (fuji) 黒豆 (kuromame)	菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu) 杜若 (kakitsubata)	牡丹 (botan)
7月 (shichigatsu)	8月 (hachigatsu)	9月 (kugatsu)	10月 (jūgatsu)	11月 (jūichigatsu)	12月 (jūnigatsu)

萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame)	芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu)	菊 (kiku)	紅葉 (momiji)	柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame)	桐 (kiri)