雛罌粟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雛	罌	粟
ひな Jinmeiyō	けし > げし
	Hyōgaiji	Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spellings
雛芥子 ヒナゲシ

Etymology

From 雛(ひな) (hina-, diminutive prefix, carrying favorable connotations such as a sense of cuteness) + 罌粟(けし) (keshi, “poppy”). The keshi changes to geshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひな​げし [hìnáꜜgèshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çina̠ɡe̞ɕi]

Noun

雛(ひな)罌粟(げし) • (hinageshi) 

1. Papaver rhoeas, common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy

   Synonyms: 虞美人草 (gubijinsō), 美人草 (bijinsō), コクリコ (kokuriko), ポピー (popī)

   • 1927, 横光利一, 花園の思想‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     またあの柔(やわら)かな雛罌粟(ひなげし)が壺(つぼ)にささって微風(そよかぜ)に赤々(あかあか)と揺(ゆ)らめくと、妻(つま)はかすかな歎声(たんせい)を洩(もら)して眺(なが)めていた。

     Mata ano yawaraka na hinageshi ga tsubo ni sasatte soyokaze ni akaaka to yurameku to, tsuma wa kasuka na tansei o morashite nagamete ita.

     Further, when the soft corn poppy stuck in the vase fluttered redly in the gentle breeze, his wife let out a faint sigh as she watched it.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒナゲシ.