韓紅

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韓	紅
から Grade: S	くれない Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
唐紅

Etymology

From 韓 (Kara, “Korea”, obsolete in modern Japanese) +‎ 紅 (kurenai, “crimson”); as the dye was imported from mainland China via trade with neighborhooding Korean kingdoms at the time.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) からくれない [kàrákúréꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
(Tokyo) からくれない [kàrákúrénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞na̠i]

Noun

韓(から)紅(くれない) • (Kara-kurenai) ^{←からくれなゐ (karakurenawi)^?}

Chinese red; deep crimson
- 905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 5, poem 294; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17)
  ちはやぶる神(かみ)代(よ)もきかず竜(たつ)田(た)川(がは)からくれなゐに水(みづ)くくるとは
  chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to wa
  Unheard of even in the age of rock-smashing gods: tie-dyeing the waters of Tatsuta River in Korean crimson![2]
Hypernym: 中紅 (naka-kurenai)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 86

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[2] Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 86