牡丹

Chinese

male
 
red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
simp. and trad.
(牡丹)
牡丹

Pronunciation


Noun

牡丹

  1. tree peony

Synonyms

  • 木芍藥木芍药

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (牡丹):

Others:

Proper noun

牡丹

  1. () Mudan (a district of Heze, Shandong, China)
  2. () Mudan (a mountain indigenous township in Pingtung, Taiwan)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
たん
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 牡丹 (MC məuX tɑn).

Pronunciation

Noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼたん, katakana ボタン, rōmaji botan)

  1. a peony, especially the Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa
    Synonyms: 国色 (kokushoku), 天香国色 (tenkō kokushoku), 隣草 (tonarigusa), 名取草 (natorigusa), 富貴草 (fūkigusa), 深見草 (fukamigusa)
  2. a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with various designs of peony petals and twigs
  3. (historical) boar meat
  4. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Derived terms
Idioms

Proper noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼたん, rōmaji Botan)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
ぼう
Jinmeiyō
たん
Grade: S
on’yomi

/botan//boːtan/

Long-pronounced form, replacing the kanyōon reading bo with the kan'on reading of . Primarily used in haiku, for example.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

牡丹 (hiragana ぼうたん, katakana ボウタン, rōmaji bōtan)

  1. a peony
  2. a 小袖 (kosode, short-sleeved robe) worn by maidservants of the Imperial Palace
  3. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

牡丹 (moran) (hangeul 모란)

  1. Hanja form? of 모란 (peony).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

牡丹

  1. Hán tự form of mẫu đơn (peony).
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