花見
See also: 花见
Chinese edit
flower; blossom; to spend flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern |
to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview | ||
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trad. (花見) | 花 | 見 | |
simp. (花见) | 花 | 见 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 花見 (hanami).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
花見
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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花 | 見 |
はな Grade: 1 |
み Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 花 (hana, “flower”) + 見 (mi, “seeing, viewing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- flower viewing: more specifically, involves large groups of people picnicking in parks when the sakura (cherry blossoms) are in bloom in the spring
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: hanami
See also edit
- Hanami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- List of festivals in Japan on Wiktionary
- List of festivals in Japan on Wikipedia
- 月見 (tsukimi): The Moon-Viewing festival.
- 紅葉狩 (momijigari): The Leaf-Viewing festival.
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN