雛菊

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See also: 雏菊

Chinese

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chick; young bird chrysanthemum
trad. (雛菊)
simp. (雏菊)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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雛菊

  1. daisy (Bellis perennis)
  2. (Taiwan, figurative) underage female prostitute

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひな
Jinmeiyō
きく > ぎく
Grade: S
yutōyomi
 雛菊 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Bellis perennis on Wikipedia
雛菊 (hinagiku): Bellis perennis, the common European daisy.

Etymology

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Compound of (hina, mini) +‎ (kiku, chrysanthemum). The kiku changes to giku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First recorded in a botanical work from 1884.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひな)(ぎく) or 雛菊(ヒナギク) (hinagiku

  1. [from 1884] a daisy: a wild flowering plant with a yellow head and white petals, family Asteraceae, species Bellis perennis
    Synonyms: 延命菊 (enmeigiku, literally long-life chrysanthemum), デージー (dējī)

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒナギク.

Proper noun

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(ひな)(ぎく) (Hinagiku

  1. a female given name

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN