天香国色

天香国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 天香国色 – see 天香國色 (“outstanding beauty; peony”). (This term, 天香国色, is the simplified form of 天香國色.)

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
天	香	国	色
てん Grade: 1	こう Grade: S	こく Grade: 2	しょく Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From the poem "賞牡丹" by 李正封, which is "國色朝酣酒﹐天香夜染衣。".

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) てんこーこくしょく [tèńkóókókúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞ːko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天香国色 (hiragana てんこうこくしょく, rōmaji tenkōkokushoku, historical hiragana てんかうこくしょく)

1. peony

Synonyms

• (peony): 牡 (ぼ)丹 (たん) (botan), 国色 (こくしょく) (kokushoku)

References

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