ききょう

See also: きぎょう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ききょう – see the following entries.

【帰郷】 [noun] return to one's hometown [verb] to return to one's hometown

【桔梗】 [noun] platycodon or Chinese bellflower, Platycodon grandiflorus [noun] (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of Platycodon grandiflorus used in medicines [noun] a 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “colour layering”) of 二藍 (futai, “overdyed-purple”) and 青 (ao, “blue-green”) [noun] Short for 桔梗色 (kikyō-iro, “a shade of bluish purple”). [noun] a 紋 (mon, “crest”) in a Chinese bellflower pattern Alternative spelling キキョウ

(This term, ききょう (kikyō), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)