毒草

Chinese

poison; narcotics
 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (毒草) 毒 草
simp. #(毒草) 毒 草

Pronunciation


Noun

毒草

  1. poisonous plant
  2. (politics, chiefly during the Cultural Revolution, dated) harmful speech; harmful writing

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “harmful speech or writing”): 香花 (xiānghuā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
毒 草
どく
Grade: 5
そう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 毒草 (duok̚ t͡sʰɑuX).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どくそー [dòkúsóó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞ː]

Noun

毒(どく)草(そう) • (dokusō) ←どくさう (dokusau)?

  1. poisonous plant

Derived terms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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