獨活

See also: 独活

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (獨活)		獨	活
simp. (独活)		独	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-hoa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúhuó
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-huo²
    • Yale: dú-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwuhwo
    • Palladius: духо (duxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doghoat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² huat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² huat̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: duwk kwat|hwat

Rime
Character	獨	活	活
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	見 (28)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	屋 (3)	末 (64)	末 (64)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	徒谷切	古活切	戸括切
Baxter	duwk	kwat	hwat
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duk̚/	/kuɑt̚/	/ɦuɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/duk̚/	/kʷɑt̚/	/ɦʷɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/duk̚/	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwk̚/	/kwat̚/	/ɦwat̚/
Li Rong	/duk̚/	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Wang Li	/duk̚/	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuk̚/	/kuɑt̚/	/ɣuɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dú	guo	huó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	duk6	gut3	wut6

Noun

獨活

1. root of Angelica pubescens (an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Descendants

• Japanese: 独活(どっかつ) (dokkatsu)

References

• 獨活 / 独活 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.