水仙
Chinese edit
water; river | immortal | ||
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simp. and trad. (水仙) |
水 | 仙 | |
alternative forms | 水僊/水仙 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
水仙
- paperwhite; Chinese sacred lily (Narcissus tazetta)
- (~屬) narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus)
- (~茶) Shui Hsien tea (a kind of oolong tea)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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水 | 仙 |
すい Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- narcissus (any of several bulbous flowering plants, of the genus Narcissus)
Derived terms edit
- 日本水仙 (Nihonzuisen, “bunch-flowered narcissus”)
- 喇叭水仙 (rappa suisen, “wild daffodil”)
- 黄水仙 (kizuisen, “jonquil”)
- 口紅水仙 (kuchibenizuisen, “poet's narcissus”)
References edit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.