Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
はな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Noun phrase consisting of 六つ (mutsu, six) +‎ (no, genitive particle) +‎ (hana, flower), from the hexagonal shape of snowflakes.[1][2][3]

First cited to a text from 1487.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) つのはな [múꜜtsù nò hànà] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
  • IPA(key): [mɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ no̞ ha̠na̠]

Noun edit

()つの(はな) (mutsu no hana

  1. [from 1487] (literary) snow
    Synonyms: (standard prosaic term) (yuki), (literary) 六出 (rikushutsu), (literary) 六花 (rikka), (literary) 六辺香 (rokuhenkō)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 六つの花”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ 六つの花”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN