菜花

Chinese

brassica crop flower
trad. (菜花)
simp. #(菜花)
anagram 花菜

Pronunciation


Noun

菜花

  1. brassica flowers: rapeseed flower, choy sum, cauliflower, broccoli, kailan, etc.
    1. (specifically) cauliflower
  2. (Kaohsiung and Tainan Hokkien) garlic chive (Allium tuberosum) flowers
  3. (by extension) flowers of leafy vegetables in general
  4. genital warts

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From () (na) + (はな) (hana). The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku ((れん)(だく)).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(ばな) • (nabanaなばな (nabana)?

  1. rape blossom, the flowers or other edible parts of Brassica rapa and related species

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
はな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 菜花 – see the following entry.
はな
[noun] rapeseed, Brassica campestris
[noun] the flowers, leaves, or stems of various Brassica species used for food
(This term, 菜花, is an alternative spelling (obsolete) of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

菜花 • (chaehwa) (hangeul 채화)

  1. hanja form? of 채화