花見

See also: 花见

Chinese

		flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (花見)		花	見
simp. (花见)		花	见

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 花見 (hanami).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huājiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huājiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huajiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hua¹-chien⁴
    • Yale: hwā-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huajiann
    • Palladius: хуацзянь (xuaczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 花劍 / 花剑 花見 / 花见

Verb

花見

1. to view flowers; to practice hanami

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	見
はな Grade: 1	み Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 見 (mi, “seeing, viewing”).

Noun

花(はな)見(み) • (hanami) 

1. flower viewing: more specifically, involves large groups of people picnicking in parks when the sakura (cherry blossoms) are in bloom in the spring

Derived terms

• 花(はな)見(み)客(きゃく) (hanamikyaku)

Descendants

• English: hanami

See also

• Hanami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of festivals in Japan on Wiktionary
• List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia
• 月見(つきみ) (tsukimi): The Moon-Viewing festival.
• 紅葉狩(もみじがり) (momijigari): The Leaf-Viewing festival.

References

• “花見”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026