百日紅

Chinese

one hundred days; one hundredth day
 
red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular
trad. (百日紅) 百日
simp. (百日红) 百日

Pronunciation


Noun

百日紅

  1. Alternative name for 紫薇 (zǐwēi, “crape myrtle”).
  2. Alternative name for 千日紅千日红 (“Gomphrena globosa”).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1 Grade: 6
Irregular

Compound of  (さる) (saru, monkey) +  (すべ) (suberi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of  (すべ) (suberu), "to slide, slip"). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

The kanji are an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 百日紅 above.

Alternative forms

  • 猿滑

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • (Tokyo) るすべり [sàrúsúꜜbèrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [sa̠ɾɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝbe̞ɾʲi]

Noun

百日紅 (hiragana さるすべり, katakana サルスベリ, rōmaji sarusuberi)

  1. crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ひゃく
Grade: 1
じつ
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 6
on’yomi

The on'yomi pronunciation of the kanji compound.

Pronunciation

Noun

百日紅 (hiragana ひゃくじつこう, katakana ヒャクジツコウ, rōmaji hyakujitsukō)

  1. crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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