国色

国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国色 – see 國色 (“most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty; peony”). (This term, 国色, is the simplified form of 國色.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	色
こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 國色 (kwok srik, literally “nation + beauty”). Compare modern Mandarin 國色／国色 (guósè, “most beautiful woman of a country; peony”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こくしょく [kòkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

国色 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國色, hiragana こくしょく, rōmaji kokushoku)

1. most beautiful woman of a country
2. peony

Synonyms

• (peony): 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (botan), 天香国色 (てんこうこくしょく) (tenkōkokushoku)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN