昼顔
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 昼 | 顔 |
| ひる Grade: 2 |
かお > がお Grade: 2 |
| kun’yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 晝顏 (kyūjitai) 旋花 |
Etymology
editLiterally, “daytime face”, from 昼 (hiru, “daytime noon”) + 顔 (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit昼顔 or 昼顔 • (hirugao) ←ひるがほ (firugafo)?
Usage notes
edit- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
See also
editReferences
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 昼 read as ひる
- Japanese terms spelled with 顔 read as かお
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
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