甘木

Chinese

		sweet; willingly; Gansu province (abbrev.)	tree; wood
simp. and trad. (甘木)		甘	木

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 甘木 (Amagi).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Gānmù

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢㄇㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Gānmù
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢㄇㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Ganmù
  - Wade–Giles: Kan¹-mu⁴
  - Yale: Gān-mù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ganmuh
  - Palladius: Ганьму (Ganʹmu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ mu⁵¹/

Proper noun

甘木

(～市) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
甘	木
あま Grade: S	き > ぎ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠ɡʲi]

Proper noun

甘(あま)木(ぎ) • (Amagi)

(historical) Amagi (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) [1954-2006]

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
甘	木
あま Grade: S	き Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
甘草

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

Noun

甘(あま)木(き) • (amaki)

(obsolete) licorice

Synonyms

蕗草(ろそう) (rosō)
甘草(かんぞう) (kanzō)