薔薇
Chinese edit
wild rose | Osmunda regalis | ||
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trad. (薔薇) | 薔 | 薇 | |
simp. (蔷薇) | 蔷 | 薇 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
薔薇
- (botany) rose, especially multiflora rose
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
- 玫瑰 (méigui)
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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薔 | 薇 |
ばら | |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
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荊棘 ("bramble") バラ ("rose") |
From 茨 (ibara, “bramble, briar”), itself an alteration from earlier reading ubara of the same meaning. The reading mubara appears in Heian period sources, but ubara is older.[1]
The spelling is from Chinese 薔薇/蔷薇 (qiángwēi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Usage notes edit
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as バラ.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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薔 | 薇 |
しょう Hyōgaiji |
び Hyōgaiji |
kan’on |
/sʲaubi/ → /ɕʲɔːbi/ → /ɕoːbi/
From Middle Chinese 薔薇 (MC dzjang|srik mij|mj+j, literally “wild rose + kind of fern”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose
- a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, literally “layering”, a traditional style of layering robes or kimono), with crimson for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer
Usage notes edit
For the rose sense, the bara reading above is most common.
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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薔 | 薇 |
そう Hyōgaiji |
び Hyōgaiji |
goon | kan’on |
/saubi/ → /sɔːbi/ → /soːbi/
Uses the goon reading of sō for the first character, and the kan'on reading of bi for the second character. Appears to be a shift in reading from shōbi above.[4]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose
- a color scheme for 襲 (kasane, literally “layering”, a traditional style of layering robes or kimono), with crimson for the outer layer and purple for the inner layer
Usage notes edit
For the rose sense, the bara reading above is most common.
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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薔 | 薇 |