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Japanese
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| 吳の藍 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE); derivative term kurenai (see Derived terms) already attested earlier in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Compound of 呉 (Kure, “China”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 藍 (ai, “indigo → dye → any plant used as dye”).
Noun
呉の藍 • (kure-no-ai) ←くれのあゐ (kurenoawi)?
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius
- Synonyms: 紅 (kurenai), 紅花 (kōka, benibana), 末摘花 (suetsumuhana)
Derived terms