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
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