花の色

Japanese

Kanji in this term
花	色
はな Grade: 1	いろ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally the “color of a flower”.

Noun

花(はな)の色(いろ) • (hana no iro) 

1. a flower's hue or tint

   Synonym: 花色 (hanairo)

   • 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (book 2, poem 113; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 9)

     花(はな)の色(いろ)は移(うつ)りにけりないたづらにわが身(み)世(よ)にふるながめせしまに

     hana no iro wa utsurinikeri na itazura ni waga mi yo ni furu nagameseshi ma ni

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2. (by extension) beauty, looks

   Synonym: 容色 (yōshoku)

3. the color of a cloth dyed from flowers
   • c. 1005–07, Shūi Wakashū (book 2, poem 81)

     花(はな)の色(いろ)に染(そ)めし袂(たもと)の惜(を)しければ衣(ころも)替(が)へうきけふにもあるかな

     hana no iro ni someshi tamoto no oshikereba koromo-gae uki kyō ni mo aru kana

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