茴香

Chinese

fennel
 
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury
fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular
trad. (茴香)
simp. #(茴香)

Pronunciation


Noun

茴香

  1. fennel
  2. Short for 八角茴香 (bājiǎo huíxiāng, “star anise; aniseed”).

Synonyms

  • (fennel): 蘹香 (huáixiāng)
  • (star anise):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (茴香):
  • Japanese: 茴香(ういきょう) (uikyō)
  • Korean: 회향(茴香) (hoehyang)

Others:

  • Guiqiong: χoχiɐŋ (star anise)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
うい
Hyōgaiji
きょう
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 茴香 (MC hwoj xjang).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いきょー [ùíkyóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝikʲo̞ː]

Noun

(うい)(きょう) or 茴香(ウイキョウ) • (uikyō) ういきやう (uikyau)?

  1. fennel

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

  • フェンネル (fenneru)

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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