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木槿

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Chinese

		tree; wood	Hibiscus syriacus; transient
simp. and trad. (木槿)		木	槿

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木槿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùjǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): muk⁶ gan²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-kín

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùjǐn
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùjǐn
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-chin³
  - Yale: mù-jǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhjiin
  - Palladius: муцзинь (muczinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: muk⁶ gan²
  - Yale: muhk gán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: muk⁹ gan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: mug⁶ gen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mʊk̚² kɐn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-kín
  - Tâi-lô: bo̍k-kín
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bogkien
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴⁻² kin⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kin⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² kin⁴¹/

Noun

木槿

hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus

Synonyms

水錦 / 水锦 (Hokkien)
無窮花 / 无穷花 (wúqiónghuā)
舜華 / 舜华 (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	槿
もく > むく Grade: 1	きん > げ Hyōgai
irregular

Alternative spelling
槿

Etymology

Dissimilation of *muguge, the go-on reading of 無窮花, cf. Korean 무궁화(無窮花) (mugunghwa, “hibiscus”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) むくげ [mùkúgé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [mɯ̟kɯ̟ɡe̞]

Noun

木(むく)槿(げ) or 木槿(ムクゲ) • (mukuge)

hibiscus; rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus
Synonyms: 木蓮 (kihachisu), 蓮 (hachisu), 無窮花 (mugunfa), 朝顔 (asagao)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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