黄蘗

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黄蘗 – see 黃檗 (“Amur cork tree; etc.”). (This term is the simplified and variant form of 黃檗).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
黄	蘗
き Grade: 2	はだ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spellings
黃蘗 (kyūjitai) 黄檗 キハダ

From 黄(き) (ki, “yellow”) + 肌(はだ) (hada, “skin”), a reference to the bright yellow colour of the tree's inner bark. The second kanji 蘗 replaces 肌 as an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 黃蘗／黄蘗 (huángbò), in Chinese more commonly written 黃檗／黄檗 (huángbò).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きはだ [kìhádá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiha̠da̠]

Noun

黄(き)蘗(はだ) • (kihada) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
2. Short for 黄蘗色 (“bright yellow”).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
黄	蘗
き Grade: 2	わだ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spellings
黃蘗 (kyūjitai) 黄檗 キワダ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きわだ [kìwádá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲiɰᵝa̠da̠]

Noun

黄(き)蘗(わだ) • (kiwada) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
黄	蘗
おう Grade: 2	はく > ばく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
黃蘗 (kyūjitai) 黄檗 黄柏

Chinese 黃蘗／黄蘗 (huángbò), in Chinese more commonly written 黃檗／黄檗 (huángbò).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーばく [òóbákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːba̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

黄(おう)蘗(ばく) • (ōbaku) 

1. Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)
2. an extract of the bark of the Amur cork tree, used for its brilliant yellow colour as a dye and in traditional Chinese medicine
3. Alternative spelling of 黄檗 (“Ōbaku sect of Zen Buddhism”)

Derived terms

• 黄蘗紙(おうばくし) (ōbakushi)

Usage notes

The tree is most commonly written and pronounced with the kun'yomi reading as 黄蘗(きはだ) (kihada), but may also be written as 黄檗 and pronounced as きわだ (kiwada) or with the on'yomi reading おうばく (ōbaku). The extract of the tree used as dye or medicine is read おうばく (ōbaku) and is usually written as 黄蘗(おうばく) (ōbaku), but may also be written 黄檗(おうばく) (ōbaku) or 黄柏(おうばく) (ōbaku). The Buddhist sect is invariably pronounced おうばく (Ōbaku) and is usually written as 黄檗(おうばく) (ōbaku).