丹花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	花
たん Grade: S	か Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + ka (花, flower, blossom).

Noun

丹(たん)花(か) • (tanka) 

1. red flower
2. a metaphor for the red lips of a beautiful woman

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN