形見草
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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形 | 見 | 草 |
かた Grade: 2 | み Grade: 1 | くさ > ぐさ Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 形見 (katami, “keepsake”) + 草 (kusa, “grass”). The kusa changes to gusa as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠mʲiɡɯ̟ᵝsa̠]
Noun
形見草 • (katamigusa)
- Synonym of 菊 (kiku, “chrysanthemum”).
- Synonym of 銭葵 (zeniaoi, “common mallow”).
- Synonym of 立葵 (tachiaoi, “hollyhock”).
- Synonym of 撫子 (nadeshiko, “carnation, pink”).
- Synonym of 冬葵 (fuyuaoi, “Chinese mallow”).
References
- “形見草”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- “形見草” in Weblio Dictionary.