天香国色

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 天香国色 – see 天香國色 (“outstanding beauty; peony”).
(This term, 天香国色, is the simplified form of 天香國色.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 香 国 色
てん
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: S		 こく
Grade: 2		 しょく
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From Literary Chinese. From the poem "賞牡丹" by 李正封, which is "國色朝酣酒﹐天香夜染衣。".

Pronunciation
  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) てんこーこくしょく [tèńkóókókúshókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [tẽ̞ŋko̞ːko̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

天香国色 (hiragana てんこうこくしょく, rōmaji tenkōkokushoku, historical hiragana てんかうこくしょく)

  1. peony

Synonyms

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