遠志

See also: 远志

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	the will
trad. (遠志)		遠	志
simp. (远志)		远	志
alternative forms		薳志 herb

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄓˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-chì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-chih⁴
  - Yale: ywǎn-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanjyh
  - Palladius: юаньчжи (juanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-chì
  - Tâi-lô: uán-tsì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafncix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡si⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si²¹/

Noun

遠志

great ambition; aspiration
(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Polygala senega (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine to calm the mind, to promote sleep; to treat boils, sores, and breast tumors)

Related terms

安神藥／安神药 (ānshényào, “sedatives in traditional Chinese medicine”)
藥材／药材 (yàocái, “medicinal materials in traditional Chinese medicine”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠志):

→ Korean: 원지(遠志) (wonji)
→ Vietnamese: viễn chí (遠志)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	志
おん Grade: 2	し > じ Grade: 5
goon	on'yomi

Noun

遠(おん)志(じ) • (onji)

(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Polygala tenuifolia used in medicine

See also

糸姫萩(イトヒメハギ) (itohimehagi)

Korean

Hanja in this term
遠	志

Noun

遠志 • (wonji) (hangeul 원지)

hanja form^? of 원지 (“Polygala senega”)