桫欏

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (桫欏)		桫	欏
simp. (桫椤)		桫	椤
alternative forms		娑羅／娑罗 沙羅／沙罗

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शाल (śāla, “being in a house; enclosure; sal tree”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suōluó

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹ lo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suōluó
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suoluó
    • Wade–Giles: so¹-lo²
    • Yale: swō-lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoluo
    • Palladius: соло (solo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵ lu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹ lo⁴
    • Yale: sō lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹ lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹ lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵ lɔː²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sa la

Rime
Character	桫	欏
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	素何切	魯何切
Baxter	sa	la
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/	/la/
Li Rong	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Wang Li	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑ/	/lɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1	lo4

Noun

桫欏

1. (～樹) (Buddhism) sal tree; shala tree (Shorea robusta)
2. spinulose tree fern (Cyathea spinulosa)

Usage notes

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha was lying between a pair of sal trees when he passed away. The tree is thus a sacred tree in Buddhism and is planted at Buddhist religious sites. In Buddhist temples of China, it is often supplanted by the Chinese horse chestnut tree (Aesculus chinensis).

Derived terms

• 刺桫欏 / 刺桫椤
• 桫欏樹 / 桫椤树
• 水桫欏 / 水桫椤

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桫	欏
へご
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

桫欏(へご) or 桫欏(ヘゴ) • (hego) 

1. Cyathea spinulosa, a species of scaly fern tree
2. Synonym of 裏白 (urajiro, “Gleichenia japonica”)
3. Synonym of 小羊歯 (koshida, “Dicranopteris linearis”)

Usage notes

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