金銀花

See also: 金银花

Chinese

gold and silver
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (金銀花) 金銀 花
simp. (金银花) 金银 花
金銀花

Pronunciation


Noun

金銀花

  1. Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) (Classifier: 朵 m c; 蕊 mn)

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (金銀花):
  • → Japanese: 金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) (kinginka)
  • → Korean: 금은화(金銀花) (geumeunhwa)

Japanese

金銀花 (kinginka): the Japanese honeysuckle.
Kanji in this term
金 銀 花
きん
Grade: 1
ぎん
Grade: 3
か
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from Middle Chinese. Literally “gold silver flower”. Compare modern Mandarin 金銀花/金银花 (jīnyínhuā).[1][2]

Pronunciation

    • (Tokyo) きんぎ​んか [kìńgíꜜǹkà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
    • IPA(key): [kʲĩŋʲɡʲĩŋka̠]

    Noun

    金(きん)銀(ぎん)花(か) • (kinginka) 

    1. (rare) A Japanese honeysuckle plant (Lonicera japonica).
    2. a flower of Japanese honeysuckle

    Usage notes

    More commonly called スイカズラ (​suikazura) in Japanese.[1][2]

    Synonyms

    • 忍冬 (スイカズラ, ​suikazura; にんどう, ​nindō)
    • 吸い葛 (すいかずら, ​suikazura)

    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, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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