紅一点

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	一	点
こう Grade: 6	いつ > いっ Grade: 1	てん Grade: 2
kan'on

Alternative spelling
紅一點 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a line in the Chinese 咏石榴詩 (“Ode to a Pomegranate Tree”) by the Song Dynasty-era poet Wang Anshi, 「万緑叢中紅一点、動人春色不須多」／“万绿丛中红一点、动人春色不须多”, which describes a single red flower blooming in the vast surrounding area.

Noun

紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん) • (kōitten) 

1. something that stands out among many other things
2. (figurative) a single woman among many men
   • 2004 December 18, “Ｅ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー) バーストレディ [Elemental HERO Burstlady]”, in PREMIUM PACK 8, Konami:

     炎(ほのお)を操(あやつ)るＥ(エレメンタル)・ＨＥＲＯ(ヒーロー)の紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん)。紅(ぐ)蓮(れん)の炎(ほのお)、バーストファイヤーが悪(あく)を焼(や)き尽(つ)くす。

     Honō o ayatsuru Erementaru Hīrō no kōitten. Guren no honō, Bāsutofaiyā ga aku o yakitsukusu.

     The sole female member of the Elemental HEROes, and one who manipulates fire. Burstfire, her crimson fire attack, burns away evil.

Descendants

• → Korean: 홍일점 (hong'iljeom)

See also

• 万(ばん)緑(りょく)叢(そう)中(ちゅう)紅(こう)一(いっ)点(てん) (banryoku sōchū kōitten)