国色

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 国色 – see 國色 (“most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty; peony”).
(This term is the simplified form of 國色).
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
国 色
こく
Grade: 2		 しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
國色 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 國色／国色 (kwok srik, literally “nation + beauty”). Compare modern Mandarin 國色／国色 (guósè, “most beautiful woman of a country; peony”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こくしょく [kòkúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

国(こく)色(しょく) • (kokushoku) 

  1. most beautiful woman of a country
  2. peony

Synonyms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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