生け花
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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生 | 花 |
い(け) Grade: 1 |
はな > ばな Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Compound of 生け (ike, “making something come alive”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 生ける (ikeru, “to make something live”)) + 花 (hana, “flower”).[1][2][3] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- flower arrangement, →ikebana
- the discipline of flower arrangement, as something to be studied and practiced
- Synonym: 華道 (kadō)
Hyponyms edit
- 瓶花 (heika)
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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