六つの花

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
六 花
む
Grade: 1 		はな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Noun phrase consisting of 六つ (mutsu, “six”) +‎ の (no, genitive particle) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”), from the hexagonal shape of snowflakes.[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1487.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

六(む)つの花(はな) • (mutsu no hana) 

  1. (literary) snow
    Synonyms: (standard prosaic term) 雪 (yuki), (literary) 六出 (rikushutsu), (literary) 六花 (rikka), (literary) 六辺香 (rokuhenkō)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “六つの花”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “六つの花”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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