無患子

Chinese

		to have no worries	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (無患子)		無患	子
simp. (无患子)		无患	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúhuànzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄗˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-hoān-chí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúhuànzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúhuànzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-huan⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: wú-hwàn-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuhuanntzyy
  - Palladius: ухуаньцзы (uxuanʹczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-hoān-chí
  - Tâi-lô: bû-huān-tsí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'hoaxncie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² huan²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² huan⁴¹⁻²² t͡si⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² huan²²⁻²¹ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ huan³³⁻¹¹ t͡si⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ huan³³⁻²¹ t͡si⁴¹/

Noun

無患子

Sapindus saponaria

Japanese

Kanji in this term
無	患	子
む Grade: 4	ころ Grade: S	し > じ Grade: 1
goon	irregular	on'yomi

Noun

無(む)患(ころ)子(じ) or 無患子(ムコロジ) • (mukoroji)

Indian soapberry, Sapindus mukorossi
Synonym: 粒 (tsubu)

Usage notes

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