甘松

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	pine
trad. (甘松)		甘	松
simp. ^#(甘松)		甘	松

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gānsōng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄙㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ cung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gānsōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄙㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gansong
  - Wade–Giles: kan¹-sung¹
  - Yale: gān-sūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gansong
  - Palladius: ганьсун (ganʹsun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ cung⁴
  - Yale: gām chùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ tsung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ cung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

甘松

plant of genus Nardostachys
spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi
(traditional Chinese medicine) Nardostachydis Radix seu Rhizoma, the root and rhizome of Nardostachys

Derived terms

匙叶甘松
甘松香

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
甘	松
Grade: S	Grade: 4
on’yomi	kan’on

From Middle Chinese 甘松 (MC kam zjowng).

Noun

甘松(かんしょう) • (kanshō)

plant of genus Nardostachys
spikenard, the plant Nardostachys jatamansi

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 カンショウ.

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