香草

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (香草)		香	草
simp. #(香草)		香	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng¹ cou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiông-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: syāng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangtsao
    • Palladius: сянцао (sjancao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng¹ cou²
    • Yale: hēung chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiông-chhó
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ co^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong¹ co³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ²⁴ t͡sʰo³¹/

Noun

香草

1. fragrant herb
2. vanilla
3. Elsholtzia; Vietnamese balm

Synonyms

• (Eslholtzia): 香薷 (xiāngrú), 香茹 (xiāngrú)
• (vanilla): (Hong Kong Cantonese) 雲呢拿／云呢拿

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (香草):

• → Japanese: 香草(こうそう) (kōsō, “fragrant herb”)
• → Korean: 향초(香草) (hyangcho, “fragrant herb”)
• → Vietnamese: hương thảo (香草, “rosemary”)

Derived terms

• 錦香草 / 锦香草 (jǐnxiāngcǎo)
• 香草精 (xiāngcǎojīng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	草
こう Grade: 4	そう Grade: 1
goon	on'yomi

Kanji in this term
香	草
か Grade: 4	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーそー [kòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞ː]

• (Tokyo) かぐさ [káꜜgùsà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

香(こう)草(そう) • (kōsō) ^{←かうさう (kausau)?}
香(か)草(ぐさ) • (kagusa) 

1. fragrant herb

See also

• 草(くさ) (kusa)

Korean

Hanja in this term
香	草

Noun

香草 • (hyangcho) (hangeul 향초)

1. hanja form^? of 향초

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
香	草

Noun

香草

1. chữ Hán form of hương thảo (“rosemary”).