草花

Chinese

 
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (草花)
simp. #(草花)
anagram 花草

Pronunciation


Noun

草花

  1. showy flowers
  2. (dialectal, card games) club ()

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くさ
Grade: 1
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Attested from the 10th century.[1] Superficially (くさ) (kusa, grass, plant) + (はな) (hana, flower). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ばな [kùsáꜜbànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kɯ̟̊ᵝsa̠ba̠na̠]

Noun

(くさ)(ばな) • (kusabana) 

  1. a flowering plant
  2. a flower

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Attested from at least the Nippo Jisho ("Japanese–Portuguese Dictionary") in 1603.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(そう)() • (sōka) 

  1. synonym of 草花(くさばな) (kusabana, flowering plant; flower)

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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