立花

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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立花 (Tachibana): the Tachibana kamon or family crest.
Kanji in this term
たち
Grade: 1
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 立ち (tachi, standing, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 立つ tatsu, “to stand”) +‎ (hana, flower). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

(たち)(ばな) (Tachibana

  1. a surname
  2. any of various place names
  3. a school or style of ikebana
Usage notes

The rikka reading may be more common for the ikebana school sense.

Etymology 2

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立花 (rikka, tachibana): a painting of an ikebana arrangement in the Rikka style.
Kanji in this term
りつ > りっ
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

/rikkwa//rikka/

Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 立花 (MC lip xwae, “lit. stand + flower”) or 立華 (MC lip xwae, “lit. stand + flower”).

Alternatively, coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived components.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

(りっ)() (rikkaりつくわ (ritukwa)?

  1. (Buddhism) a style of floral arrangement as an offering, typically using branches of pine or plum placed upright in a copper vase

Proper noun

(りっ)() (Rikkaりつくわ (Ritukwa)?

  1. a school or style of ikebana
  2. An area in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN