綿花
See also: 棉花
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
めん Grade: 5 |
か Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Likely a shift in spelling from synonymous and homophonous 棉花 (menka), from Middle Chinese 棉花 (MC mjien xwae, literally “cotton + flower”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
わた Grade: 5 |
はな > ばな Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 綿 (wata, “cotton”) + 花 (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (archaic) an artificial flower made of cotton
- Traditionally worn by male dancers as a kind of 挿頭 (kazashi, “traditional decorative hairpin”) for the 男踏歌 (otoko tōka) dance, held on the 15th day after the Lunar New Year in ancient Japan until the late Heian period.