草花

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Chinese

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grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (草花)
simp. #(草花)
anagram 花草

Pronunciation

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Noun

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草花

  1. showy flowers
  2. (dialectal, card games) club ()

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
くさ
Grade: 1
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Attested from the 10th century.[1] Superficially (くさ) (kusa, grass, plant) + (はな) (hana, flower). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くさ)(ばな) (kusabana

  1. a flowering plant
  2. a flower

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Attested from at least the Nippo Jisho ("Japanese–Portuguese Dictionary") in 1603.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(そう)() (sōka

  1. synonym of 草花(くさばな) (kusabana, flowering plant; flower)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN