曼珠沙華

Chinese

handsome; large; long bead; pearl
 
granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; tsar
 
flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain
trad. (曼珠沙華) 曼 珠 沙 華
simp. (曼珠沙华) 曼 珠 沙 华

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka, “name of a species of celestial flower”).

Pronunciation

Noun

曼珠沙華

  1. red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
曼 珠 沙 華
まん
Hyōgaiji		 しゅ > じゅ
Grade: S		 しゃ
Grade: S		 げ
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Chinese 曼珠沙華, from Sanskrit मञ्जूषक (mañjūṣaka)

Pronunciation

Noun

曼珠沙華 (hiragana まんじゅしゃげ, katakana マンジュシャゲ, rōmaji manjushage)

  1. Synonym of 彼岸花 (higanbana, “red spider lily”)

See also

  • 文 (もん)殊 (じゅ) (Monju)

References

  1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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