木藍

Chinese

		tree; wood	blue; indigo plant; surname
trad. (木藍)		木	藍
simp. (木蓝)		木	蓝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùlán

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùlán
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùlán
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-lan²
  - Yale: mù-lán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhlan
  - Palladius: мулань (mulanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ län³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    木蘭 / 木兰
    木藍 / 木蓝

Noun

木藍

Indigofera tinctoria
(～屬) Indigofera

Synonyms

槐藍／槐蓝 (huáilán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	藍
き Grade: 1	あい Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きあい [kìáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kʲia̠i]

Noun

木(き)藍(あい) or 木藍(キアイ) • (kiai) ^{←きあゐ (kiawi)^?}

plants from the genus Indigofera　used in dyeing, more specifically synonym of インド藍 (indo-ai, “Indigofera suffruticosa”)
synonym of 琉球藍 (ryūkyūai, “Strobilanthes cusia”)

Usage notes

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

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
木	藍

Noun

木藍 • (mongnam) (hangeul 목람)

hanja form^? of 목람 (“anil”)