芳草

Chinese

		fragrant	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (芳草)		芳	草
simp. #(芳草)		芳	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fangcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹-tsʻao³
    • Yale: fāng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fangtsao
    • Palladius: фанцао (fancao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong¹ cou²
    • Yale: fōng chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phjang tshawX

Rime
Character	芳	草
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	敷方切	采老切
Baxter	phjang	tshawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋ/	/t͡sʰawX/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋ/	/t͡sʰɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng	cǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1	cou2

Noun

芳草

1. fragrant grass; green grass

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (芳草):

• → Japanese: 芳草(ほうそう) (hōsō)
• → Korean: 방초(芳草) (bangcho)
• → Vietnamese: phương thảo (芳草)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
芳	草
ほう Grade: S	そう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーそー [hòósóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːso̞ː]

Noun

芳(ほう)草(そう) • (hōsō) ^{←はうさう (fausau)?}

1. fragrant grass