綿花
See also: 棉花
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
めん Grade: 5 | か Grade: 1 |
on’yomi |
Likely a shift in spelling from synonymous and homophonous 棉花 (menka), from Middle Chinese 棉花 (MC miᴇn hˠua, literally “cotton + flower”).
Alternative forms
- 棉花
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) めんか [méꜜǹkà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [mẽ̞ŋka̠]
Noun
綿花 • (menka) ←めんくわ (menkwa)?
- raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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綿 | 花 |
わた Grade: 5 | はな > ばな Grade: 1 |
kun’yomi |
Compound of 綿 (wata, “cotton”) + 花 (hana, “flower”). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) わたばな [wàtábáná] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠ba̠na̠]
Noun
綿花 • (watabana)
- (archaic) an artificial flower made of cotton
- Traditionally worn by male dancers as a kind of 挿頭 (kazashi, “traditional decorative hairpin”) for the 男踏歌 (otoko tōka) dance, held on the 15th day after the Lunar New Year in ancient Japan until the late Heian period.
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN