花魁

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Chinese

flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
 
 chief; head
trad. (花魁) 花 魁
simp. #(花魁) 花 魁
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Pronunciation

Noun

花魁

  1. queen of flowers, referring especially to plum blossom
  2. (literary, historical) the most famous courtesan in a brothel; famous prostitute

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
花 魁
おいらん
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

Etymology

/oira no/ → /oiran/

A contraction of 己等 (oira, first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle). Young assistants used to call their elder courtesans 己等の (oira no), an ellipse for 己等の姉さん (oira no nēsan, literally "my elder sister").[1]

The kanji spelling is jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 花魁 (huākuí).

Pronunciation

Noun

花魁(おいらん) • (oiran) 

  1. (archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara)
  2. any high-ranking courtesan
    Synonym: 太夫 (tayū)
  3. a prostitute

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Tày

Noun

花魁 (hoa khôi)

  1. Nôm form of hoa khôi (“a beautiful female”).

References

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
花魁

Noun

花魁

  1. chữ Hán form of hoa khôi (“a beauty queen”).
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