赤花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
赤	花
あか Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “red flower”, 赤(あか) (aka, “red”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠ba̠na̠]

Noun

赤(あか)花(ばな) or 赤花(アカバナ) • (akabana) 

1. Epilobium pyrricholophum, a species of willowherb

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).