口紅水仙

Japanese
Kanji in this term
口 紅 水 仙
くち
Grade: 1		 べに
Grade: 6		 すい > ずい
Grade: 1		 せん
Grade: S
kun’yomi on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 口(くち)紅(べに) (kuchibeni, “lipstick”) + 水(すい)仙(せん) (suisen, “narcissus”). The suisen changes to zuisen as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

口(くち)紅(べに)水(ずい)仙(せん) or 口紅水仙(クチベニズイセン) • (kuchibenizuisen) 

  1. poet's narcissus
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.