向日葵

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Chinese

sunward; in former days sunflower
trad. (向日葵) 向日
simp. #(向日葵) 向日
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Noun

向日葵

  1. sunflower

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Japanese

 ヒマワリ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
ひまわり
Grade: 3 Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
日回り

Etymology

From (hi, sun) +‎ 回り (mawari, rotation). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 向日葵 (xiàngrìkuí).

Pronunciation

Noun

向日葵(ひまわり) or 向日葵(ヒマワリ) (himawariひまはり (fimafari) or ヒマハリ (fimafari)?

  1. a sunflower (flower)

Usage notes

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

References

  1. ^ 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