鬱金

See also: 郁金

Chinese

		dense (growth); melancholy	metal; gold; money
trad. (鬱金)		鬱	金
simp. (郁金)		郁	金

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùjīn

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wat¹ gam¹
Min Nan (POJ): ut-kim / it-kim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yùjīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄣ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiwjin
  - IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    鬱金／郁金
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wat¹ gam¹
  - Yale: wāt gām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁷ gam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wed¹ gem¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ut-kim
  - Tâi-lô: ut-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: utkym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ut̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-kim
  - Tâi-lô: it-kim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itkym
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ kim⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʔɨut̚ kˠiɪm/▼

Rime
Character	鬱	金
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	物 (60)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	Chongniu III
Fanqie	紆物切	居吟切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨut̚/	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiut̚/	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiuət̚/	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔut̚/	/kjim/
Li Rong	/ʔiuət̚/	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/ĭuət̚/	/kĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi̯uət̚/	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yu	jīn

Noun

鬱金

zedoary, the root of Curcuma zedoaria (used as an herb in traditional Chinese medicine)

Derived terms

鬱金香／郁金香 (yùjīnxiāng)

Japanese

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
鬱	金
うち > う Grade: S	こん Grade: 1
Irregular	goon

欝金

Etymology 1

/uk̚koɴ/ → /ukoɴ/

Shift from ukkon below.

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) うこん [ùkóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

鬱金 (hiragana うこん, katakana ウコン, rōmaji ukon)

turmeric (Curcuma longa)
Synonyms: 黄染草 (kizomegusa), ターメリック (tāmerikku)

Hypernym: 生姜 (shōga)
a dye extracted from the rhizome of the turmeric
Short for 鬱金色 (ukon-iro): saffron yellow
Short for 鬱金桜 (ukonzakura): a 里桜 (satozakura) cultivar, Prunus lannesiana

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

鬱 (う)金 (こん)色 (いろ) (ukon-iro, “saffron yellow”)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)空 (ウツ)木 (ギ) (ukon utsugi)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)粉 (こ) (ukon-ko)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)香 (コウ) (ukonkō, “tulip”)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)桜 (ザクラ) (ukonzakura)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)染 (ぞめ), 鬱 (う)金 (こん)染 (ぞ)め (ukon-zome)
鬱 (ウ)金 (コン)花 (バナ) (ukonbana)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)文 (ぶん)庫 (こ) (ukon bunko)
鬱 (う)金 (こん)木 (も)綿 (めん) (ukon momen)
葛 (クズ)鬱 (ウ)金 (コン) (kuzu-ukon)
蕃 (バン)鬱 (ウ)金 (コン) (ban ukon)
紅 (べに)鬱 (う)金 (こん) (beni ukon)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鬱	金
うち > うっ Grade: S	こん Grade: 1
goon

/uti komʉ/ → /uk̚komʉ/ → /uk̚koɴ/

From Middle Chinese 鬱金 (MC ʔɨut̚ kˠiɪm).

Noun

鬱金 (hiragana うっこん, katakana ウッコン, rōmaji ukkon)

(archaic) turmeric (Curcuma longa)
saffron yellow
Short for 鬱金香 (ukkonkō): a tulip

Derived terms

鬱 (ウッ)金 (コン)香 (コウ) (ukkonkō, “tulip”)
鬱 (ウッ)金 (コン)草 (ソウ)樹 (ジュ) (ukkonsōju, “tulip tree”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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