甘木

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (甘木)		甘	木

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 甘木 (Amagi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gānmù

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄇㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gānmù
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄇㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Ganmù
    • Wade–Giles: Kan¹-mu⁴
    • Yale: Gān-mù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ganmuh
    • Palladius: Ганьму (Ganʹmu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/

Proper noun

甘木

1. (～市) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘	木
あま Grade: S	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠ɡʲi]

Proper noun

甘(あま)木(ぎ) • (Amagi) 

1. (historical) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) [1954-2006]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘	木
あま Grade: S	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Alternative forms

• 甘草

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

Noun

甘(あま)木(き) • (amaki) 

1. (obsolete) licorice

Synonyms

• 蕗草(ろそう) (rosō)
• 甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)