派手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
派 手
は
Grade: 6
て > で
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Probably from 破手 (hade, “breaking melody”, in reference to a lively style of samisen playing),[1][2][3][4] or possibly a shift from haede, as a compound of 映え (hae, “shining; glory”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 映える (haeru, “to shine; to be glorious, to be outstanding”)) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; style, way, state”).[1][2] The te changes to de as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Appears from the late 1600s.[1]

The use of the 派 character is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

Adjective

派(は)手(で) • (hade) -na (adnominal 派(は)手(で)な (hade na), adverbial 派(は)手(で)に (hade ni))

  1. showy, gaudy
    派手(はで)なパフォーマンス
    hade na pafōmansu
    a showy performance

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

派(は)手(で) • (hade) 

  1. gaudiness

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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
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