独活

独活

See also: 獨活

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 独活 – see 獨活 (“root of Angelica pubescens”). (This term, 独活, is the simplified form of 獨活.)

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

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
独	活
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) う​ど [úꜜdò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝdo̞]

Noun

独活 (hiragana うど, katakana ウド, rōmaji udo)

1. Japanese spikenard

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 独 (う)活 (ど)の木 (き) (udonoki, “Pisonia umbellifera”)
• 独 (う)活 (ど)の大木 (たいぼく) (udo no taiboku, “good-for-nothing”)
• 花独活 (はなうど) (hanaudo, “Heracleum sphondylium var. nipponicum”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
独	活
どく > どっ Grade: 5	かつ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Borrowed from Chinese 獨活.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) どっかつ [dòkkátsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞k̚ka̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

独活 (hiragana どっかつ, rōmaji dokkatsu, historical hiragana どくくわつ)

1. Japanese spikenard
2. living independently alone

Verb

独活する (hiragana どっかつする, rōmaji dokkatsu suru, historical hiragana どくくわつする)

1. live independently alone

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
独	活
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
Irregular

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝt͡ɕita̠ɾa̠]

Noun

独活 (hiragana つちたら, rōmaji tsuchitara)

1. (obsolete) Japanese spikenard

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN