草花

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Chinese

grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
trad. (草花)
simp. #(草花)
anagram 花草

Pronunciation


Noun

草花

  1. showy flowers
  2. (dialectal, card games) club ()

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
くさ
Grade: 1
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Attested from the 10th century.[1] Superficially (くさ) (kusa, grass, plant) + (はな) (hana, flower). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(くさ)(ばな) (kusabana

  1. a flowering plant
  2. a flower

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Attested from at least the Nippo Jisho ("Japanese–Portuguese Dictionary") in 1603.[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

(そう)() (sōka

  1. synonym of 草花(くさばな) (kusabana, flowering plant; flower)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN