甘草

Chinese
sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (甘草) 甘 草
simp. #(甘草) 甘 草

Pronunciation

Noun

甘草

  1. licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)
  2. (figurative) supporting character; minor character
    甘草演員／甘草演员  ―  gāncǎo yǎnyuán  ―  supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 甘草 (“licorice”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 甘草
Mandarin Taiwan 甘草
Luoyang 甘草
Yinchuan 甘草
Cantonese Hong Kong 甘草
Gan Nanchang 甘草
Lichuan 甘草
Hakka Yudu 甘草
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 甘草
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 甘草
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 甘草
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 甘草
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 甘草
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 甘草
Jin Taiyuan 甜根草, 甜草根兒
Southern Min Xiamen 甘草
Quanzhou 甘草
Zhangzhou 甘草
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 甘草
Wu Suzhou 甘草
Danyang 甘草
Xiang Loudi 甘草

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (甘草):

Others:

  • → Zhuang: gamcauj

See also

Japanese

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
甘 草
かん
Grade: S		 そう > ぞう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Middle Chinese 甘草

Pronunciation

Noun

甘(かん)草(ぞう) or 甘草(カンゾウ) • (kanzō) ←かんざう (kanzau)?

  1. licorice
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
甘 草
あま
Grade: S		 くさ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”)

Pronunciation

Noun

甘(あま)草(くさ) • (amakusa) 

  1. licorice

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
甘 草
あま
Grade: S		 き
Grade: 1
kun’yomi irregular

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

Noun

甘(あま)草(き) • (amaki) 

  1. (obsolete) licorice

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
甘草

Noun

甘草 • (gamcho) (hangeul 감초)

  1. Hanja form? of 감초 (“licorice”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
甘草

Noun

甘草

  1. chữ Hán form of cam thảo (“licorice”).
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