楤木

Chinese

			tree; wood
simp. and trad. (楤木)		楤	木

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǒngmù

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǒngmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥˇ ㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǒngmù
  - Wade–Giles: sung³-mu⁴
  - Yale: sǔng-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soongmuh
  - Palladius: сунму (sunmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu⁵¹/

Noun

楤木

Chinese angelica tree (Aralia chinensis)
(～屬) Aralia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
楤	木
たら(の) Hyōgai	き Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
楤の木太良乃木

Etymology

From 楤(たら) (tara, “Japanese angelica tree”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 木(き) (ki, “tree”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たらのき [táꜜrànòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ta̠ɾa̠no̞kʲi]

Noun

楤(たらの)木(き) or 楤木(タラノキ) • (taranoki)

Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)

Usage notes

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