生け花

Japanese
生け花 (ikebana): a floral arrangement in the ikebana style.
Kanji in this term
生 花
い(け)
Grade: 1		 はな > ばな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
生花
活け花
活花
挿花 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 生け (ike, “making something come alive”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 生ける (ikeru, “to make something live”)) +‎ 花 (hana, “flower”).[1][2][3] The hana changes to bana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いけ​ばな [ìkéꜜbànà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ike̞ba̠na̠]

Noun

生(い)け花(ばな) • (ikebana) 

  1. flower arrangement, →ikebana
  2. the discipline of flower arrangement, as something to be studied and practiced
    Synonym: 華道 (kadō)

Hyponyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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