辛夷

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	safe; to raze; to exterminate safe; to raze; to exterminate; barbarian
simp. and trad. (辛夷)		辛	夷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnyí

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyí
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinyí
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-i²
    • Yale: syīn-yí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyi
    • Palladius: синьи (sinʹi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ i³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-î
    • Tâi-lô: sin-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sin'ii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ i²³/

Noun

辛夷

1. Lily magnolia (Magnolia liliiflora)
2. flower bud of lily magnolia
3. Kobushi magnolia (Magnolia kobus)

Synonyms

• (Lily magnolia):
  • 木蘭／木兰 (mùlán)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
辛	夷
こぶし
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
拳

こぶし (kobushi): the kobushi magnolia.

Originally a shortening of the older name, 拳椒 (kobushi hajikami, literally “fist pepper, fist ginger”), where the kobushi was in reference to the resemblance of an unopened bud to a child's fist, and the hajikami was probably in reference to the pungency of the seeds when bitten, or to the pungent odor of the plant when injured.

First referenced in a text from roughly 1165.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こぶし [kòbúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) こぶし [kóꜜbùshì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞bɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

辛夷(こぶし) or 辛夷(コブシ) • (kobushi) 

1. [from circa 1165] the Kobushi magnolia, Magnolia kobus

   Synonyms: 拳椒 (kobushi hajikami), 山蘭 (yama araragi), 木筆 (mokuhitsu)

   • 1977, “Kitaguni no Haru [Spring in the North]”, Haku Ide (lyrics), Minoru Endō (music), performed by Masao Sen:

     白(しら)樺(かば)　青(あお)空(ぞら)　南(みなみ)風(かぜ)　こぶし咲(さ)くあの丘(おか)北(きた)国(ぐに)の　ああ北(きた)国(ぐに)の春(はる)

     shirakaba aozora minamikaze kobushi saku ano oka kitaguni no ā kitaguni no haru

     White birches, the blue sky, [and] the southerly on that hill up North where the magnolias bloom, ah, spring in the North!

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コブシ.

Further reading

• Entry at Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
辛	夷
しん Grade: S	い Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

From Chinese 辛夷 (xīnyí)

Noun

辛(しん)夷(い) • (shin'i) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) buds of various species of magnolia used in medicine

See also

• 辛夷(コブシ) (kobushi)
• 田虫葉(タムシバ) (tamushiba)