木花開耶姫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	花	開	耶	姫
こ Grade: 1	はな Grade: 1	さく Grade: 3	や Jinmeiyō	ひめ Grade: S
kun’yomi		nanori	on’yomi	kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
木花咲耶姫木花之佐久夜毘売

Etymology

From Old Japanese. Mentioned in the Kojiki of 712 and the Nihon Shoki of 720.[1][2][3]

Compound of 木 (ko, “tree”, ancient combining form) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”) +‎ 咲く (saku, “to bloom”) +‎ や (ya, unclear, possibly the ya used to form classical -na adjectives referring to the perception of a state) +‎ 姫 (hime, “princess”).

Also encountered with a shifted reading, wherein the hime changes to bime as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞no̞ha̠na̠no̞sa̠kɯ̟ᵝja̠çime̞]

IPA^(key): [ko̞no̞ha̠na̠no̞sa̠kɯ̟ᵝja̠bʲime̞]

Proper noun

木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやひめ) or 木花開耶姫(このはなのさくやびめ) • (Konohananosakuya-Hime or Konohananosakuya-Bime)

(Shinto, Japanese mythology) the goddess of Mount Fuji, the blossom-princess and symbol of delicate earthly life

References

“木花開耶姫・木花之佐久夜毘売”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
“木花開耶姫”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
“木花開耶姫”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998

[KDJ2-1] “木花開耶姫・木花之佐久夜毘売”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

[N-2] “木花開耶姫”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984

[SDHK-3] “木花開耶姫”, in 世界大百科事典第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998