鎧草

鎧草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎧	草
よろい Jinmeiyō	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鎧 (yoroi, “armour”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) よろい​ぐさ [yòróíꜜgùsà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞ɾo̞iɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

鎧草 (hiragana よろいぐさ, katakana ヨロイグサ, rōmaji yoroigusa, historical hiragana よろひぐさ)

1. Angelica dahurica

Synonyms

• (Angelica dahurica): 白芷 (びゃくし) (byakushi)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9