Chinese edit

dish (type of food); vegetables
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (菜花)
simp. #(菜花)
anagram 花菜

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Noun edit

 
菜花 (3)

菜花

  1. rape flower
  2. (by extension) flower found on leafy vegetables in general
  3. cauliflower
  4. (chiefly Taiwan) gonorrhea
  5. (chiefly Taiwan) genital warts
  6. (Kaohsiung and Tainan Hokkien) flowering garlic chives; garlic chive flowers (Allium tuberosum)

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From () (na) + (はな) (hana). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(ばな) (nabanaなばな (nabana)?

  1. rape blossom, the flowers or other edible parts of Brassica rapa and related species

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
はな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 菜花 – see the following entry.
はな
[noun] (botany) rapeseed, Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera
[noun] the flowers, leaves, or stems of various Brassica species used for food
(This term, 菜花, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

菜花 (chaehwa) (hangeul 채화)

  1. Hanja form? of 채화.