雛罌粟
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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雛 | 罌 | 粟 |
ひな Jinmeiyō | けし > げし | |
Hyōgaiji | Jinmeiyō | |
kun’yomi | jukujikun |
Alternative spellings |
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雛芥子 ヒナゲシ |
Etymology
From 雛 (hina-, diminutive prefix, carrying favorable connotations such as a sense of cuteness) + 罌粟 (keshi, “poppy”). The keshi changes to geshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ひなげし [hìnáꜜgèshì] (Nakadaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [çina̠ɡe̞ɕi]
Noun
雛罌粟 • (hinageshi)
- Papaver rhoeas, common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy
- Synonyms: 虞美人草 (gubijinsō), 美人草 (bijinsō), コクリコ (kokuriko), ポピー (popī)
- 1927, 横光利一, 花園の思想, 青空文庫:
- またあの柔かな雛罌粟が壺にささって微風に赤々と揺らめくと、妻はかすかな歎声を洩して眺めていた。
- Mata ano yawaraka na hinageshi ga tsubo ni sasatte soyokaze ni akaaka to yurameku to, tsuma wa kasuka na tansei o morashite nagamete ita.
- Further, when the soft corn poppy stuck in the vase fluttered redly in the gentle breeze, his wife let out a faint sigh as she watched it.
- またあの柔かな雛罌粟が壺にささって微風に赤々と揺らめくと、妻はかすかな歎声を洩して眺めていた。
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ヒナゲシ.