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 | ||
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trad. (草花) | 草 | 花 | |
simp. #(草花) | 草 | 花 | |
anagram | 花草 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 梅花 (“club (playing cards)”) [map]
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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草 | 花 |
くさ Grade: 1 |
はな > ばな Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Attested from the 10th century.[1] Superficially 草 (kusa, “grass, plant”) + 花 (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.)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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草 | 花 |
そう Grade: 1 |
か 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.)
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 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
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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