蓮華
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蓮 | 華 |
| れん Jinmeiyō |
げ Grade: S |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 蓮花 |
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Chinese 蓮華 (MC len hwae).
First cited in Japanese to a text from 940.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- [from 940] a lotus flower
- Synonym: 蓮の花 (hasu no hana)
- [from 970] a lotus plant
- Synonym: 蓮華草 (rengesō)
- [date uncertain] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design
- [from 1110] short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed
- 蓮華, レンゲ: [from 1911] short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”)
- レンゲですくう
- renge de sukuu
- to scoop with a Chinese spoon
- レンゲですくう
- alternative name for 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”)
References[edit]
- ^ “蓮華”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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