木賊

See also: 木贼

Chinese

		tree; wood	thief
trad. (木賊)		木	賊
simp. (木贼)		木	贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùzéi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄗㄟˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k-che̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùzéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄗㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùzéi
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-tsei²
    • Yale: mù-dzéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhtzeir
    • Palladius: муцзэй (muczɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k-che̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k-tsi̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bogzek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡siɪk̚⁴/

Noun

木賊

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) horsetail (an herb used to treat "wind-heat" symptoms)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
木	賊
とくさ
Grade: 1	Grade: S
irregular

Alternative spelling
砥草

Noun

木賊(とくさ) or 木賊(トクサ) • (tokusa) 

1. rough horsetail (Equisetum hyemale)

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
木	賊
もく Grade: 1	ぞく Grade: S
goon

Noun

木(もく)賊(ぞく) • (mokuzoku) 

1. (traditional Chinese medicine) dried roots of scouring rush (Equisetum hyemale) used as medicine