春の七草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
春	七	草
はる Grade: 2	なな Grade: 1	くさ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はるの・ななくさ [háꜜrù nò nànáꜜkùsà] (Atamadaka + Nakadaka – [1]+[2])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ɾɯ̟ no̞ na̠na̠kɯ̟sa̠]

Noun

春(はる)の七(なな)草(くさ) • (haru no nanakusa) 

1. seven spring flowers
   • 1952, Shūgorō Yamamoto, Fūryū Taiheiki‎^[1]:

     「ああわかった、それはきっと春(はる)の七(なな)草(くさ)のどれかですね、薺(なずな)とかはこべらとか、きっと薺(なずな)ですよそれは」

     “Ā wakatta, sore wa kitto haru no nanakusa no doreka desu ne, nazuna toka hakobera toka, kitto nazuna desu yo sore wa”

     “Oh I see, it may be one of seven spring flowers, such as a shepherd's purse or a chickweed. It may be a shepherd's purse.”

Hyponyms

• 芹(せり) (seri)
• 薺(なずな) (nazuna)
• 御(ご)形(ぎょう) (gogyō)
• 繁縷(はこべら) (hakobera)
• 仏(ほとけ)の座(ざ) (hotokenoza)
• 菘(すずな) (suzuna)
• 蘿蔔(すずしろ) (suzushiro)

See also

• 夏(なつ)の七(なな)草(くさ) (natsu no nanakusa)
• 秋(あき)の七(なな)草(くさ) (aki no nanakusa)

References

• “春の七草”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026