天香国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 天香国色 – see 天香國色 (“exceptionally beautiful”). (This term is the simplified form of 天香國色).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	香	国	色
てん Grade: 1	こう Grade: 4	こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
天香國色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From the poem "賞牡丹" by 李正封, which is "國色朝酣酒﹐天香夜染衣。".

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんこーこくしょく [tèńkóókókúshókú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞ːko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天(てん)香(こう)国(こく)色(しょく) • (tenkōkokushoku) ^{←てんかうこくしょく (tenkaukokusyoku)?}

1. peony

Synonyms

• (peony): 牡丹(ぼたん) (botan), 国色(こくしょく) (kokushoku)