防己

Chinese

		to protect; to defend; to guard (against)	6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad. (防己)		防	己

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fángjǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángjǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángjǐ
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-chi³
  - Yale: fáng-jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjii
  - Palladius: фанцзи (fanczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

防己

(traditional Chinese medicine) root of Stephania tetrandra
(～科) Menispermaceae

Derived terms

廣防己 / 广防己 (guǎngfángjǐ)
木防己 (mùfángjǐ)
粉防己 (fěnfángjǐ)

References

Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
防	己
ぼう Grade: 5	い Grade: 6
goon	irregular

Noun

防(ぼう)己(い) • (bōi)

(traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizome and stem of Sinomenium acutum

Derived terms

木防己(もくぼうい) (mokubōi)

See also

大葛藤(オオツヅラフジ) (ōtsuzurafuji)