綿花
Appearance
See also: 棉花
Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
めん Grade: 5 |
か Grade: 1 |
on'yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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棉花 |
Likely a shift in spelling from synonymous and homophonous 棉花 (menka), from Middle Chinese 棉花 (MC mjien xwae, literally “cotton + flower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
わた Grade: 5 |
はな > ばな Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Compound of 綿 (wata, “cotton”) + 花 (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (archaic) an artificial flower made of cotton
- Traditionally worn by male dancers as a kind of 挿頭 (kazashi, “traditional decorative hairpin”) for the 男踏歌 (otoko tōka) dance, held on the 15th day after the Lunar New Year in ancient Japan until the late Heian period.
References
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- Japanese terms spelled with 綿 read as めん
- Japanese terms spelled with 花 read as か
- Japanese terms read with on'yomi
- Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese
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- Japanese terms historically spelled with わ
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- Japanese terms spelled with 花 read as はな
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
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- Japanese terms with rendaku
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