韓紅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韓	紅
から Grade: S	くれない Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
唐紅

Etymology

From 韓 (Kara, “Korea”, obsolete in modern Japanese) +‎ 紅 (kurenai, “crimson”); as the dye was imported from mainland China via trade with neighborhooding Korean kingdoms at the time.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) からくれ​ない [kàrákúréꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) からくれな​い [kàrákúrénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞na̠i]

Noun

韓(から)紅(くれない) • (Kara-kurenai) ^{←からくれなゐ (karakurenawi)?}

1. Chinese red; deep crimson
   • 905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 5, poem 294; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17)

     ちはやぶる神(かみ)代(よ)もきかず竜(たつ)田(た)川(がは)からくれなゐに水(みづ)くくるとは

     chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to wa

     Unheard of even in the age of rock-smashing gods: tie-dyeing the waters of Tatsuta River in Korean crimson!

   Hypernym: 中紅 (naka-kurenai)