国色

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 国色 – see 國色 (“most beautiful woman of a country; national beauty; peony”).
(This term, 国色, is the simplified form of 國色.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国 色
こく
Grade: 2		 しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 國色 (kwok srik, literally “nation + beauty”). Compare modern Mandarin 國色／国色 (guósè, “most beautiful woman of a country; peony”).

Pronunciation

Noun

国色 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 國色, hiragana こくしょく, rōmaji kokushoku)

  1. most beautiful woman of a country
  2. peony

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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