れんげ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of れんげ – see the following entry.

[noun] [from 940] a lotus flower

[noun] [from 970] a lotus plant

[noun] [date uncertain] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the lotus in the design

[noun] [from 1110] short for 蓮華座 (rengeza, “lotus throne”), the lotus-shaped dais on which Buddhist statuary is placed

[noun] 蓮華, レンゲ: [from 1911] short for 散り蓮華 (chiri renge, “a traditional Asian-style porcelain flat-bottomed soup spoon”)

[noun] alternative name for 紫雲英 (genge, “Astragalus sinicus (Chinese milkvetch)”)

Alternative spellings
蓮花, レンゲ

(This term, れんげ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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