青鶏頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	鶏	頭
あお Grade: 1	けい > げい Grade: S	とう Grade: 2
kun'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
靑鷄頭 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 青(あお) (ao, “blue, green”) + 鶏頭(けいとう) (keitō, “plumed cockscomb”). The keitō changes to geitō as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あおげーとー [àógéꜜètòò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [a̠o̞ɡe̞ːto̞ː]

Noun

青(あお)鶏(げい)頭(とう) or 青鶏頭(アオゲイトウ) • (aogeitō) ^{←あをげいとう (awogeitou) or アヲゲイトウ (awogeitou)^?}

red-root amaranth, Amaranthus retroflexus