呉の藍
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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呉 | 藍 |
くれ Grade: S |
あい Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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吳の藍 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE); derivative term kurenai (see Derived terms) already attested earlier in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Compound of 呉 (Kure, “China”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 藍 (ai, “indigo → dye → any plant used as dye”).
Noun edit
呉の藍 • (Kure-no-ai) ←くれのあゐ (kurenoawi)?
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) the safflower plant, Carthamus tinctorius