韓紅

Japanese
Kanji in this term
韓 紅
から
Grade: S		 くれない
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 韓 (から) (Kara, “Korea”, archaic) + 紅 (くれない) (kurenai, “crimson”).

Pronunciation

Noun

韓紅 (hiragana からくれない, rōmaji Kara-kurenai, historical hiragana からくれなゐ)

  1. Alternative spelling of 唐紅 (Kara-kurenai): Chinese red; deep crimson (literally "Korean crimson")
    • 905, Kokin Wakashū, (book 5, poem 294; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 17)
      ちはやぶる神 (かみ)代 (よ)もきかず竜 (たつ)田 (た)川 (がは)からくれなゐに水 (みづ)くくるとは
      chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to wa
      Unheard of even in the age of rock-smashing gods: tie-dyeing the waters of Tatsuta River in Korean crimson![2]
    Hypernym: 中紅 (naka-kurenai)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Princess Shikishi; Hiroaki Sato (1993) String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi, illustrated edition, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 86
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