杜若
Chinese
| fabricate; restrict; to prevent | to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (杜若) | 杜 | 若 | |
| simp. #(杜若) | 杜 | 若 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dùruò
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dùruò
- Wade–Giles: tu4-jo4
- Yale: dù-rwò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duhruoh
- Palladius: дужо (dužo)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Noun
杜若
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 杜 | 若 |
| かきちなた | |
| Jinmeiyō | Grade: 6 |
| irregular | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 燕子花 |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
杜若 or 杜若 • (kakitsubata)
- a rabbit-ear iris (Iris laevigata)
- Synonym: 杜若 (tojaku)
- (card games, hanafuda) The suit of iris in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of May and the number five.
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 カキツバタ (kakitsubata). As a hanafuda term, it is typically written in kanji, as 杜若.
See also
| Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1月 (ichigatsu) | 2月 (nigatsu) | 3月 (sangatsu) | 4月 (shigatsu) | 5月 (gogatsu) | 6月 (rokugatsu) |
| 松 (matsu) | 梅 (ume) | 桜 (sakura) | 藤 (fuji) 黒豆 (kuromame) |
菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu) 杜若 (kakitsubata) |
牡丹 (botan) |
| 7月 (shichigatsu) | 8月 (hachigatsu) | 9月 (kugatsu) | 10月 (jūgatsu) | 11月 (jūichigatsu) | 12月 (jūnigatsu) |
| 萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame) |
芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu) |
菊 (kiku) | 紅葉 (momiji) | 柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame) |
桐 (kiri) |
References
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “杜若”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “〈▲杜若〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025