茜さす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茜
あかね
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).

Derived from 茜 (akane, “madder (dye) → red”) + 差す (sasu, “to illuminate, shine”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adnominal

茜さす (hiragana あかねさす, rōmaji akane sasu)

  1. shining brilliantly, alludes to 日 (hi, “sun, day”), 昼 (hiru, “noon”), or 照る (teru, “to shine”)
  2. glowing with red, alludes to 紫 (murasaki, “purple”)
  3. reddish, alludes to 君 (kimi, “you; person of high respect”)

Citations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:茜さす.

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