天南星

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	south	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (天南星)		天	南	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānnánxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānnánxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiannánsing
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-nan²-hsing¹
    • Yale: tyān-nán-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tiannanshing
    • Palladius: тяньнаньсин (tjanʹnanʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ nän³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

天南星

1. Rhizome of the Arisaema (An herb used in traditional Chinese medicine.)

References

• 天南星 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	南	星
てん Grade: 1	なん Grade: 2	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi	goon	goon

Noun

天(てん)南(なん)星(しょう) • (tennanshō) 

1. Jack-in-the-pulpit, a general term for plants of genus Arisaema

   Synonym: 虎の尾 (tora no o)

2. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizomes of Arisaema