尾花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尾	花
お Grade: S	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

尾(お)花(ばな) or 尾(オ)花(バナ) • (obana)  　

1. synonym of 薄 (susuki, “susuki grass, Miscanthus sinensis”)

   Hypernym: 秋の七草

   Coordinate terms: 萩, 尾花, 葛, 撫子, 女郎花, 藤袴, 桔梗

2. beckoning with one's hand
3. a kind of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “colour layering”) of white over a light blue

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Further reading

• “尾花”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• “尾花”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months