山茱萸

Chinese

		mountain; hill	cornelian cherry; dogwood ― Japanese cornel and similar species, such as ailanthus-like prickly ash and Tetradium ruticarpum
trad. (山茱萸)		山	茱萸
simp. ^#(山茱萸)		山	茱萸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shānzhūyú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢㄓㄨㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ zyu¹ jyu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soaⁿ-chu-jû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shānzhūyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢㄓㄨㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shanjhuyú
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹-chu¹-yü²
  - Yale: shān-jū-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanjuyu
  - Palladius: шаньчжуюй (šanʹčžujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: saan¹ zyu¹ jyu⁴
  - Yale: sāan jyū yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ dzy¹ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: san¹ ju¹ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵ jyː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soaⁿ-chu-jû
  - Tâi-lô: suann-tsu-jû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svoazujuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /suã³³ t͡su³³ d͡zu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /suã⁴⁴⁻²² t͡su⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ d͡zu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴⁴⁻³³ zu²³/

Noun

山茱萸

cornelian cherry (Cornus officinalis)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	茱	萸
さん Grade: 1	しゅゆ
さん Grade: 1	Hyōgai	Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

山(さん)茱萸(しゅゆ) or 山茱萸(サンシュユ) • (sanshuyu)

Japanese cornel, Cornus officinalis
(traditional Chinese medicine) fruit of the cornel cherry

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

“山^▲茱^▲萸”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
山	茱	萸

Noun

山茱萸 • (sansuyu) (hangeul 산수유)

hanja form^? of 산수유