何首烏

See also: 何首乌

Chinese

		carry; what; how carry; what; how; why; which
trad. (何首烏)		何	首烏
simp. (何首乌)		何	首乌

Etymology

Named after 何首烏 (Hé Shǒuwū), originally called 何田兒 (Hé Tián'ér), who is reported to have discovered the plant in year 813.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): héshǒuwū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁴ sau² wu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-siú-o͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: héshǒuwū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: héshǒuwu
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-shou³-wu¹
    • Yale: hé-shǒu-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hershoouu
    • Palladius: хэшоуу (xɛšouu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁴ sau² wu¹
    • Yale: hòh sáu wū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ sau² wu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ seo² wu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ wuː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-siú-o͘
    • Tâi-lô: hô-siú-oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoisiwof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho²⁴⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³⁻²² siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɔ⁴⁴/

Noun

何首烏

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) Reynoutria multiflora (syn. Fallopia multiflora, Chinese fleeceflower, Chinese knotweed)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (何首烏):

• → Japanese: 何(か)首(しゅ)烏(う) (kashū)
• → Korean: 하수오(何首烏) (hasuo)
• → Vietnamese: hà thủ ô (何首烏)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
何	首	烏
か Grade: 2	しゅ Grade: 2	う Jinmeiyō
kan'on	goon

Etymology

Chinese 何首烏／何首乌 (héshǒuwū)

Noun

何(か)首(しゅ)烏(う) • (kashuu) 

1. Synonym of 蔓蕺草 (tsurudokudami) (Reynoutria multiflora)
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) the root of Reynoutria multiflora
3. Clipping of 何首烏芋 (kashuuimo). (Dioscorea bulbifera)