麝香草

Chinese

		musk	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (麝香草)		麝香	草
simp. ^#(麝香草)		麝香	草

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shèxiāngcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁶ hoeng¹ cou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shèxiāngcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄤㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shèsiangcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: shê⁴-hsiang¹-tsʻao³
  - Yale: shè-syāng-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shehshiangtsao
  - Palladius: шэсянцао (šɛsjancao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁶ hoeng¹ cou²
  - Yale: seh hēung chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁶ hoeng¹ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁶ hêng¹ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²² hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

麝香草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
麝	香	草
じゃ Hyōgai	こう Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1
goon		on'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “musk plant”, 麝香(じゃこう) (jakō, “musk”) + 草(そう) (sō, “grass, plant”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

麝(じゃ)香(こう)草(そう) or 麝香草(ジャコウソウ) • (jakōsō)

Chelonopsis moschata

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

愛鷹麝香草(あしたかじゃこうそう) (ashitaka-jakōsō)
伊吹麝香草(いぶきじゃこうそう) (ibuki-jakōsō)
立麝香草(たちじゃこうそう) (tachi-jakōsō)
谷麝香草(たにじゃこうそう) (tani-jakōsō)