れんげ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of れんげ – see the following entry.

【蓮華】 [noun] [from 940] a lotus flower [noun] [from 970] a lotus plant [noun] [date uncertain] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design [noun] [from 1110] short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed [noun] 蓮華, レンゲ: [from 1911] short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”) [noun] Synonym of 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”) Alternative spellings 蓮花, レンゲ

(This term, れんげ (renge), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)