烏頭

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (烏頭)		烏	頭
simp. (乌头)		乌	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ tau^4-2
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wutóu
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-tʻou²
    • Yale: wū-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: utour
    • Palladius: утоу (utou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ tau^4-2
    • Yale: wū táu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ tau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ teo^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: oo-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³/

Noun

烏頭

1. (literary) head of a crow
2. (literary) head with black hair; (figurative) juniority; youth
3. (traditional Chinese medicine) aconite (Aconitum), especially the Chinese aconite (Aconitum carmichaelii)
4. grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)
5. seeds of Euryale ferox (foxnut)
6. (archaic) outer joint on the hindleg of a bull or horse

Derived terms

• 烏頭白 / 乌头白
• 烏頭白馬生角 / 乌头白马生角
• 烏頭網 / 乌头网
• 烏頭馬角 / 乌头马角
• 烏頭鹼 / 乌头碱 (wūtóujiǎn)
• 馬角烏頭 / 马角乌头

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
う Jinmeiyō	ず Grade: 2
goon

Noun

烏(う)頭(ず) • (uzu) ^{←うづ (udu)?}

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried rhizomes of plants of genus Aconitum used as medicine

Derived terms

• 姫烏頭(ひめうず) (himeuzu)

See also

• 附子(ぶし) (bushi)
• 鳥兜(とりかぶと) (torikabuto)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
からす Jinmeiyō	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

烏(からす)頭(がしら) • (karasugashira) 

1. the tapered joint of the outside of a horse's hind leg

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
烏	頭
くわ Jinmeiyō	ゆき Grade: 2
irregular

Noun

烏(くわ)頭(ゆき) • (kuwayuki) ^{←くはゆき (kufayuki)?}

1. the tapered joint of the outside of a horse's hind leg
2. (archaic) Synonym of 鳥兜 (torikabuto, “monkshood, general term for a plant within the genus Aconitum”)