甘草

甘草

1. licorice (Glycyrrhiza uralensis, whose root often used in traditional Chinese medicine to improve qi)

   甘草和百藥。 [Puxian Min, trad.]
   甘草和百药。 [Puxian Min, simp.]

   gang¹ cor³ hor² beh⁶ ieo⁷. [Pouseng Ping'ing]

   Like licorice among herbs — able to get along with everyone.

   (literally, “Licorice harmonizes with a hundred medicines.”)

2. (figurative) supporting character, or actors performing such roles, especially experienced ones

   甘草演員／甘草演员  ―  gāncǎo yǎnyuán  ―  supporting actor/actress, especially an experienced one

• (licorice): 國老／国老 (guólǎo)

• (supporting character): 綠葉／绿叶 (lǜyè)

Others:

• → Zhuang: gamcauj

• 補益藥／补益药 (bǔyìyào)
• 藥材／药材 (yàocái)

• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 87.

Middle Chinese 甘草

• (Tokyo) かんぞー [kàńzóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) かんぞー [káꜜǹzòò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠nd͡zo̞ː]

甘(かん)草(ぞう) or 甘草(カンゾウ) • (kanzō) ^{←かんざう (kanzau)?}

1. licorice

   Synonyms: (obsolete) 蕗草 (rosō), 甘木 (amaki)

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 草 (kusa, “grass”)

• (Tokyo) あまくさ [àmákúsá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• (Tokyo) あまくさ [àmáꜜkùsà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kɯ̟sa̠]

甘(あま)草(くさ) • (amakusa) 

1. licorice

甘 (ama, “sweet”) +‎ 木 (ki, “tree”)

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠kʲi]

甘(あま)草(き) • (amaki) 

1. (obsolete) licorice

• “甘草”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

甘草 • (gamcho) (hangeul 감초)

1. hanja form^? of 감초 (“licorice”)

甘草

1. chữ Hán form of cam thảo (“licorice”)