奇楠

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (奇楠)		奇	楠
alternative forms		伽楠 伽藍／伽蓝 棋楠

Etymology

Likely from the same source as 伽羅／伽罗 (qiéluó), a phonetic rendering from either one of:

• Sanskrit कालागुरु (kālāguru), referring to a kind of fragrant black (काल (kāla)) agarwood (अगुरु (aguru))
• Sanskrit तगर (tagara), referring to Tabernaemontana coronaria (pinwheel flower or crepe jasmine).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ naam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄋㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-nan²
    • Yale: chí-nán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyinan
    • Palladius: цинань (cinanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ nän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ naam⁴
    • Yale: kèih nàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ naam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ nam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ naːm²¹/

Noun

奇楠

1. a form of high-grade agarwood

   Synonym: 沉香 (chénxiāng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (奇楠):

• → Vietnamese: kì nam (奇楠)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
奇	楠

Noun

奇楠

1. chữ Hán form of kì nam (“agarwood”).