派手

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
て > で
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Probably from 破手 (hade, breaking melody, in reference to a lively style of samisen playing),[1][2][3][4] or possibly a shift from haede, as a compound of 映え (hae, shining; glory, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 映える (haeru, to shine; to be glorious, to be outstanding)) +‎ (te, hand; style, way, state).[1][2] The te changes to de as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Appears from the late 1600s.[1]

The use of the character is an example of ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

Adjective

()() (hade-na (adnominal ()() (hade na), adverbial ()() (hade ni))

  1. showy, gaudy
    派手(はで)なパフォーマンス
    hade na pafōmansu
    a showy performance

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

()() (hade

  1. gaudiness

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ 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