香椿

Chinese

		fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury fragrant; incense; (of food) savoury; appetizing; sweet; scented; popular	tree of heaven; Cedrela chinensis; father
trad. (香椿)		香	椿
simp. ^#(香椿)		香	椿

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiāngchūn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngchūn → xiāngchun (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄔㄨㄣ → ㄒㄧㄤ ˙ㄔㄨㄣ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangchůn
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-chʻun⁵
  - Yale: syāng-chwun
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiang.chuen
  - Palladius: сянчунь (sjančunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən⁵⁵/ → /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən²/

Noun

香椿

Chinese mahogany; Chinese toon (Toona sinensis)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
香	椿
ちゃん Grade: 4	ちん Jinmeiyō
irregular	kan'yōon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ちゃんちん [cháꜜǹchìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [t͡ɕã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕĩɴ]

Noun

香(ちゃん)椿(ちん) or 香椿(チャンチン) • (chanchin)

Chinese mahogany, Toona sinensis

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

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