鼓草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼓	草
つづみ Grade: S	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “drum grass”, 鼓(つづみ) (tsuzumi, “handdrum”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass, plant”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つづみぐさ [tsùzúmíꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨzɨmʲiɡɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

鼓(つづみ)草(ぐさ) • (tsuzumigusa) 

1. Synonym of 蒲公英 (tanpopo, “dandelion, Taraxacum”)