唐紅
Japanese
FWOTD – 13 May 2020
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 唐 | 紅 |
| から Grade: S |
くれない Grade: 6 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 韓紅 |
From 唐 (Kara, “(Tang dynasty) China”) + 紅 (kurenai, “crimson”); contrasted with the alternative spelling 韓紅 (literally “Korean crimson”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) からくれない [kàrákúréꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- (Tokyo) からくれない [kàrákúrénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ɾe̞na̠i]
Noun
唐紅 • (kara-kurenai) ←からくれなゐ (karakurenawi)?
- Chinese red; deep crimson
- 905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 5, poem 294; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17)
- a Kara-kurenai-colored thread or cloth
- synonym of 寒紅梅 (kankōbai): an ume cultivar, Prunus mume var. mume f. alphandii
- a 伽羅 (kyara)-class of incense
Idioms
- 唐紅の涙 (Kara-kurenai no namida)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 唐 | 紅 |
| とう Grade: S |
べに Grade: 6 |
| jūbakoyomi | |
From 唐 (Tō, “(Tang dynasty) China → foreign”) + 紅 (beni, “crimson”).
Pronunciation
Noun
唐紅 • (tōbeni) ←たうべに (taubeni)?
- synonym of フクシン (fukushin): fuchsine