歳寒三友

Japanese

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
さん
Grade: 1
ゆう
Grade: 2
goon kan’on

Etymology

From Mandarin 歲寒三友 (suìhán sānyǒu), equivalent to 歳寒 (さいかん) (saikan, winter) +  (さん) (ゆう) (san'yū, literally three friends).

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • (Tokyo) いかんさんゆう [sàíkáń sáꜜǹ'yùù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
    • IPA(key): [sa̠ikã̠ɰ̃ sã̠ɰ̃jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

歳寒三友 (hiragana さいかんさんゆう, rōmaji saikan san'yū, historical hiragana さいかんさんいう)

  1. a motif in Chinese art featuring the "three friends of winter": pine (or daffodil), bamboo, and plum blossom

See also

References

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