Chinese edit

camellia
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (山茶花) 山茶
simp. #(山茶花) 山茶

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

山茶花

  1. camellia

Synonyms edit

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
さん > さ
Grade: 1
さ > ざん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
irregular kan’on

/sansaka//sanzaka//sazanka/.

Sound shift from sansaka (see below).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ざん)() or 山茶花(サザンカ) (sazankaさざんくわ (sazankwa) or サザンクワ (sazankwa)?

  1. the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia
    Hypernym: 椿 (tsubaki)
Derived terms edit

Proper noun edit

()(ざん)() (Sazankaさざんくわ (sazankwa)?

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
さん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2

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) +‎ (ka, affix for "flower").

Noun edit

(さん)()() (sansakaさんさくわ (sansakwa)?
(alternative reading hiragana さんざか, rōmaji sanzaka, historical hiragana さんざくわ)

  1. (obsolete) the sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua), a species of camellia

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN