紫菀

Chinese

		purple; violet; imperial purple; violet; imperial; palace	luxuriance of growth
trad. (紫菀)		紫	菀
simp. #(紫菀)		紫	菀
alternative forms		茈菀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐwǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄨㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐwǎn [Phonetic: zíwǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhwǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-wan³
    • Yale: dž-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyywoan
    • Palladius: цзывань (czyvanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

紫菀

1. Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus), one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese medicine

References

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紫	菀
し Grade: S	おん Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 紫菀 – see the following entry.

【紫苑しおん】 [noun] a Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus) [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 紫菀, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)