桔梗

Chinese

tangerine; Platycodon grandiflorus stem
simp. and trad.
(桔梗)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (28)
Final () (87) (109)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ket̚/ /kˠæŋX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ket̚/ /kᵚaŋX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛt̚/ /kaŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛt̚/ /kaɨjŋX/
Li
Rong
/ket̚/ /kɐŋX/
Wang
Li
/kiet̚/ /kɐŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kiet̚/ /kɐŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jie gěng

Noun

桔梗

  1. (traditional Chinese medicine) root of the balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)

Japanese

桔梗 (kikyō): the Chinese bellflower

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
きょう
Grade: S
yutōyomi

/kikjau//kikjɔː//kikjoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋX). Compare modern Cantonese reading git3 gang2.

Pronunciation

Noun

桔梗 (hiragana ききょう, katakana キキョウ, rōmaji kikyō, historical hiragana ききやう)

  1. (botany) the platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus
Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as キキョウ.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
きち
Jinmeiyō
こう
Grade: S
on’yomi

/kitikau//kit͡ɕikɔː//kit͡ɕikoː/

From Middle Chinese 桔梗 (ket̚ kˠæŋX), using alternate kanji readings.[1]

This reading is less common than kikyō above, and may be obsolete.

Pronunciation

Noun

桔梗 (hiragana きちこう, rōmaji kichikō)

  1. (possibly obsolete) the platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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