撫子

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撫子: a common pink, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.; known as 竜田撫子 (Tatsuta nadeshiko) in Japanese
Kanji in this term
な(でし)
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

⟨nade si ko1/nadeɕiko/

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki (733 CE).[1]

Originally derived from 撫で (nade), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of classical verb 撫づ (nadu), modern 撫でる (naderu, to brush, stroke, or caress gently) + (-shi, continuative suffix) + (-ko, diminutive and feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

Noun

(なでし)() or 撫子(ナデシコ) (nadeshiko

  1. pink (any flower of the genus Dianthus); especially, the 河原撫子 (kawara nadeshiko, fringed pink, large pink, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
    Synonyms: 野撫子 (no-nadeshiko), 大和撫子 (Yamato nadeshiko)
  2. Short for 撫子襲 (nadeshiko-gasane): a style of layering garments, with the front layer in the color of 紅梅 (kōbai, red plum or apricot), and the back with blue (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. a style of 家紋 (kamon, family crest), another name for 常夏 (tokonatsu)
  4. a lovable, caressable child

Derived terms

Proper noun

(なでし)() (Nadeshiko

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

  1. ^ 1984, 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.
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