木犀花

Japanese

Kanji in this term
木	犀	花
もく Grade: 1	せい Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

木犀(もくせい) (mokusei, “fragrant olive”) + 花(はな) (hana, “flower”)

Noun

木(もく)犀(せい)花(か) • (mokuseika)

the flowers of the fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans).

See also

金木犀(きんもくせい) (kinmokusei): yellow-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
銀木犀(ぎんもくせい) (ginmokusei): white-blooming variety of the fragrant olive
木犀(もくせい) (mokusei) the fragrant olive in general
桂花(けいか) (keika)

Further reading

木犀花 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
Osmanthus fragrans on Wikipedia.Wikipedia