形見草

Japanese

Kanji in this term
形	見	草
かた Grade: 2	み Grade: 1	くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 形見(かたみ) (katami, “keepsake”) + 草(くさ) (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ta̠mʲiɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠]

Noun

形(かた)見(み)草(ぐさ) • (katamigusa) 

1. Synonym of 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”).
2. Synonym of 銭葵 (zeniaoi, “common mallow”).
3. Synonym of 立葵 (tachiaoi, “hollyhock”).
4. Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “carnation, pink”).
5. Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi, “Chinese mallow”).

References

• “形見草”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “形見草” in Weblio Dictionary.