紫菀

Chinese

 
purple; violet; imperial
purple; violet; imperial; palace
luxuriance of growth
trad. (紫菀)
simp. #(紫菀)
alternative forms 茈菀

Pronunciation


Noun

紫菀

  1. Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus), one of the 50 fundamental herbs of Traditional Chinese medicine

References

  • 紫菀 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia zh
  • Nigel Wiseman, "English-Chinese Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Medicine", 1995. →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
おん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Noun

()(おん) • (shion) しをん (siwon)? (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji shioni, historical hiragana しをに)

  1. Alternative spelling of 紫苑: a Tartarian aster (Aster tataricus)

Proper noun

()(おん) • (Shion)  (alternative reading hiragana しおに, rōmaji Shioni, historical hiragana しをに) (alternative reading hiragana しえん, rōmaji Shien, historical hiragana しゑん)

  1. Alternative spelling of 紫苑: a female given name
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