山茶花
Chinese edit
camellia | flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern | ||
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trad. (山茶花) | 山茶 | 花 | |
simp. #(山茶花) | 山茶 | 花 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
山茶花
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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山 | 茶 | 花 |
さん > さ Grade: 1 |
さ > ざん Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 1 |
irregular | kan’on |
/sansaka/ → /sanzaka/ → /sazanka/.
Sound shift from sansaka (see below).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
山茶花 or 山茶花 • (sazanka) ←さざんくわ (sazankwa) or サザンクワ (sazankwa)?
- the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia
- Hypernym: 椿 (tsubaki)
Derived terms edit
Proper noun edit
山茶花 • (Sazanka) ←さざんくわ (sazankwa)?
- a female given name
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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山 | 茶 | 花 |
さん Grade: 1 |
さ Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 1 |
kan’on | tōon | kan’on |
Appears in the Nippo Jisho.[3][2]
Borrowed from Chinese 山茶花 (shāncháhuā), equivalent to 山茶 (sancha → sansa/sanza, “camellia”) + 花 (ka, affix for "flower").
Noun edit
山茶花 • (sansaka) ←さんさくわ (sansakwa)?
(alternative reading hiragana さんざか, rōmaji sanzaka, historical hiragana さんざくわ)
- (obsolete) the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN