虎杖

Chinese

		tiger	cane, walking stick
trad. (虎杖)		虎	杖
simp. #(虎杖)		虎	杖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǔzhàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ ㄓㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu² zoeng⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘-thiōng / hó͘-tiōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǔzhàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ ㄓㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǔjhàng
    • Wade–Giles: hu³-chang⁴
    • Yale: hǔ-jàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huujanq
    • Palladius: хучжан (xučžan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu² zoeng⁶
    • Yale: fú jeuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu² dzoeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu² zêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː³⁵ t͡sœːŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-thiōng
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-thiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoftiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰiɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘-tiōng
    • Tâi-lô: hóo-tiōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofdiong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tiɔŋ³³/

Noun

虎杖

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum, an herb used as a natural laxative)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 虎杖 (“Japanese knotweed”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		虎杖
Taxonomic name		虎杖
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	虎杖
Cantonese	Hong Kong	虎杖
Gan	Lichuan	酸梗
Southern Min	Xiamen	血三七

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (虎杖):

• → Korean: 호장(虎杖) (hojang)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
虎	杖
いたどり
Grade: S	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Etymology

Uncertain. One explanation is that it is a blend of 痛(いた)み (itami, “pain”) + 取(と)り (tori, “removal”); alluding to the plant's medicinal value. The tori changes to dori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

The kanji is an instance of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いたどり [ìtádórí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) いたどり [ìtáꜜdòrì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ita̠do̞ɾʲi]

Noun

虎杖(いたどり) or 虎杖(イタドリ) • (itadori) 

1. Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica, syn. Polygonum cuspidatum)

   Synonym: 酸模 (sukanpo)

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 イタドリ.

See also

• 虎杖根(こじょうこん) (kojōkon)