紫苑

Japanese

紫苑: the aster

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紫 苑
し
Grade: S		 おん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 紫菀 (MC t͡siᴇX ʔʉɐnX). Compare modern Mandarin 紫菀 (zǐwǎn).

Pronunciation

Noun

紫苑 (hiragana しおん, rōmaji shion, historical hiragana しをん)

  1. an aster, a Michaelmas daisy: Aster tataricus

Proper noun

紫苑 (hiragana しおん, rōmaji Shion, historical hiragana しをん)

  1. A female given name
Derived terms
  • 紫 (し)苑 (おん)色 (いろ) (shion iro): a specific color coordination when wearing layered robes, usually with violet (the color of the aster) as one of the layers

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紫 苑
し
Grade: S		 おに
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Alteration from shion, where the final moraic n changed to ni.[2][3]

/ɕion/ → /ɕioni/

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [ɕio̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

紫苑 (hiragana しおに, rōmaji shioni, historical hiragana しをに)

  1. an aster, a Michaelmas daisy: Aster tataricus

Proper noun

紫苑 (hiragana しおに, rōmaji Shioni, historical hiragana しをに)

  1. A female given name

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
紫 苑
し
Grade: S		 えん
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Alteration from shion, using the kan'on reading of en for the second character. Less common.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

紫苑 (hiragana しえん, rōmaji Shien, historical hiragana しゑん)

  1. (rare) A female given name

References

  1. 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
  2. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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