Chinese edit

calamus
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
flower; hero; brave
flower; hero; brave; outstanding; Britain (abbrev.); English
trad. (蒲公英)
simp. #(蒲公英)
 
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Noun edit

蒲公英

  1. dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (蒲公英):

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Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
Jinmeiyō Grade: 2 Grade: 4
irregular

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

蒲公英(たんぽぽ) or 蒲公英(タンポポ) (tanpopo

  1. dandelion (plant, wild flower of the genus Taraxacum)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
こう
Grade: 2
えい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(こう)(えい) or 蒲公英(ホコウエイ) (hokōei

  1. dandelion

References edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN