韮

Readings

Pinyin: jiǔ

Wade-Giles: chiu

Hangul: 구

Korean MC: gu

Korean MR: ku

Katakana: キュウ

Hepburn: kyū

leek

• Or onion. One of the five pungent roots 五辛. (Skt. palāṇḍu) 〔梵網經古迹記 HBJ 3.460a12〕[resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, Gakken, M-W]

Dictionary References:

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 1259

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