唐紅

Japanese

FWOTD – 13 May 2020

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
から
Grade: S
くれない
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
韓紅

From (Kara, (Tang dynasty) China) +‎ (kurenai, crimson); contrasted with the alternative spelling 韓紅 (literally Korean crimson).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らくれない [kàrákúréꜜnàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • (Tokyo) らくれな [kàrákúrénáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠kɯ̟ɾe̞na̠i]

Noun

(から)(くれない) • (kara-kurenaiからくれなゐ (karakurenawi)?

  1. Chinese red; deep crimson
  2. a Kara-kurenai-colored thread or cloth
  3. synonym of 寒紅梅 (kankōbai): an ume cultivar, Prunus mume var. mume f. alphandii
  4. a 伽羅 (kyara)-class of incense
Idioms
  • (から)(くれない)(なみだ) (Kara-kurenai no namida)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
べに
Grade: 6
jūbakoyomi

From (, (Tang dynasty) Chinaforeign) +‎ (beni, crimson).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーべに [tòóbéní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞ːbe̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

(とう)(べに) • (tōbeniたうべに (taubeni)?

  1. synonym of フクシン (fukushin): fuchsine

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Joseph Henry Longford (1919) Japan of the Japanese, C. Scribner's sons, original from the University of Michigan, page 160