曼珠沙華

Chinese
handsome; large; long pearl; bead
 
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

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