莎草

莎草

Chinese

		(grass); [[w:Cyperus rotundus|]]; (insect) (grass); [[w:Cyperus rotundus|]]; (insect); (phonetic)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (莎草)		莎	草
simp. #(莎草)		莎	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ cou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: suōcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suotsao
    • IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ cou²
    • Yale: sō chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

莎草

1. papyrus (plant in the sedge family)

Synonyms

• 紙莎草／纸莎草 (zhǐsuōcǎo)
• 紙草／纸草 (zhǐcǎo)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
莎	草
かやつり Hyōgaiji	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
Irregular	kun’yomi

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 莎草.

Noun

莎草 (hiragana かやつりぐさ, katakana カヤツリグサ, rōmaji kayatsurigusa)

1. Alternative spelling of 蚊帳吊草 (“lesser rice flat sedge”)